Pabna-1

Pabna-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Pabna-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pabna District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	377,706 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 67 Sirajganj-6 69 Pabna-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the Santhia Upazila.^[2][3][4]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2026 genaral election, the Election Commission decided to reduece the boundaries of the constituency to exclude Bera Municipality, and four union parishads of Bera Upazila: Chakla, Haturia Nakalia, Kytola, and Nutan Bharenga.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Muhammad Mansur Ali	Awami League[6]
	1979	Jahurul Islam Talukdar	BNP[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Manzur Quader	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Matiur Rahman Nizami	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Feb 1996	Manzur Quader	BNP
	Jun 1996	Abu Sayeed	Awami League
	2001	Matiur Rahman Nizami	Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Shamsul Hoque Tuku	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Pabna-1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsul Hoque Tuku	67,029	59.1	+5.4
	Independent	Abu Sayeed	44,579	39.3	N/A
	WPB	Nazrul Islam	1,093	1.0	N/A
	JP(E)	Yasin Arafat	661	0.6	N/A
Majority			22,450	19.8	+11.6
Turnout			113,362	34.0	−57.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-1^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsul Hoque Tuku	145,012	53.7	+12.1
	JI	Matiur Rahman Nizami	122,944	45.6	−12.1
	IAB	Abdul Motin	1,049	0.4	N/A
	National People's Party	Rezaul Karim	624	0.2	N/A
Majority			22,068	8.2	−7.9
Turnout			269,629	91.2	+9.4
	AL gain from JI

General Election 2001: Pabna-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Matiur Rahman Nizami	135,982	57.7	+33.8
	AL	Abu Sayeed	98,113	41.6	+0.1
	IJOF	Quari Sharif Ahmmed	1,347	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abdul Hakim Bos	317	0.1	N/A
Majority			37,869	16.1	+7.8
Turnout			235,759	81.8	−2.4
	JI gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Pabna-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abu Sayeed	73,335	41.5	N/A
	BNP	Monzur Kader	58,652	33.2	+16.8
	JI	Matiur Rahman Nizami	42,265	23.9	−13.0
	JP(E)	Md. Anwar Hossian	1,231	0.7	−10.8
	IOJ	Sayeef Uddin Yahia	902	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Deqan Sultan Mahmud	198	0.1	N/A
	FP	Shek Abdul Aziz	99	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,683	8.3	+4.5
Turnout			176,682	84.2	+18.8
	AL gain from JI

General Election 1991: Pabna-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Matiur Rahman Nizami	55,707	36.9
	BAKSAL	Abu Sayeed	49,923	33.0
	BNP	Mirza Abdul Auwal	24,812	16.4
	JP(E)	Monzur Kader	17,451	11.5
	Zaker Party	Md. Golam Nobi	2,079	1.4
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Md. Ahad Ali	448	0.3
	Independent	Shamsul Haq	416	0.3
	BKA	Md. Nazrul Islam	332	0.2
Majority			5,784	3.8
Turnout			151,158	65.4
	JI gain from JP(E)