Munshiganj-1

Munshiganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sirajdikhan and Sreenagar upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting reduced the number of seats in the district from four to three, making each of the surviving three larger.

Members of Parliament

Member	Party
1986	Shah Moazzem Hossain	Jatiya Party
1991	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	BNP
2002 by-election	Mahi B. Chowdhury
2004 by-election	Bikalpa Dhara
2008	Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh	Awami League
2018	Mahi B. Chowdhury	Bikalpa Dhara
2024	Mohiuddin Ahmed	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Munshiganj-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh	196,183	96.3	+46.3
	JP(E)	Nur Mohammad	6,957	3.4	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	AKM Nasiruzzaman Khan	570	0.3	N/A
Majority	189,226	92.9	+77.3
Turnout	203,710	53.6	−31.7
	AL hold	Swing	+21.45

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Munshiganj-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh	144,159	50.0
	BNP	Shah Moazzam Hossain	99,233	34.4
	BDB	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	37,709	13.1
	IAB	Md. Mahiuddin Mazi	6,333	2.2
	BTF	Golam Mostofa Santo	662	0.2
Majority	44,926	15.6
Turnout	288,096	85.3
	AL gain from BDB

Mahi B. Chowdhury resigned from parliament on 10 March 2004 to form new political party Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh with his father, A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury. Mahi's resignation triggered a June 2004 by-election, which Mahi won as a Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh candidate, defeating his nearest rival, BNP candidate Momin Ali, by a greater than two-to-one margin.

In November 2001, A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat. Mahi B. Chowdhury, his son, stood as a BNP candidate in the resulting 2002 by-election, and was elected.

General Election 2001: Munshiganj-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	94,412	58.1	+7.6
	AL	Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh	64,994	45.0	+15.7
	IJOF	Shah Moazzem Hossain	2,505	1.5	N/A
	JSD	Md. Alauddin Bhuiya	148	0.1	−0.2
	Independent	Asaduzzaman	131	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Delowar Hossain Visti	130	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Moniruzzaman	60	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Bulbul Ahmed	59	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mahbub-Ul-Alam	44	0.0	N/A
Majority	29,418	18.1	−3.1
Turnout	162,483	72.7	−6.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Munshiganj-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	62,787	50.5	−10.9
	AL	K. S. Nabi	36,473	29.4	−5.4
	JP(E)	Shah Moazzem Hossain	20,120	16.2	+15.9
	IOJ	Dewan Maksud Ali Shah Nuri	2,189	1.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Murshedul Ahsan	1,405	1.1	−1.9
	Jamaat	M. A. Latif Hawladar	632	0.5	N/A
	JSD	AKM Nasiruzzaman Khan	317	0.3	+0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Md. Moniruzzaman	194	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan	171	0.1	N/A
Majority	26,314	21.2	−5.4
Turnout	124,288	78.7	+19.8
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Munshiganj-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	75,099	61.4
	AL	A. R. Khandokar	42,583	34.8
	Zaker Party	Murshedul Ahsan	3,661	3.0
	JP(E)	Shah Moazzem Hossain	372	0.3
	JSD	Adilur Rahman Khan	249	0.2
	Independent	Shamsul Haq	196	0.2
	Bangladesh National Congress	S. M. Tofazzal Hossain	95	0.1
Majority	32,516	26.6
Turnout	122,255	58.9
	BNP gain from JP(E)

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