Joypurhat-1 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Joypurhat District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate: | 399,245 (2018) |
Year: | 1984 |
Joypurhat-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Joypurhat Sadar and Panchbibi upazilas.
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bogra constituency when the former Bogra District was split into two districts: Bogra and Joypurhat.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Abbas Ali Mandal | Awami League | |
1988 | Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam | Jatiya Party | |
1991 | Golam Rabbani | BNP | |
1996 | Abdul Alim | ||
2008 | Mozahar Ali Prodhan | ||
2014 | Shamsul Alam Dudu | Awami League | |
Shamsul Alam Dudu was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.