Rangpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Md. Rayhan Shirazi of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gangachhara Upazila and wards 1 through 9 of Rangpur City Corporation.

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included three union parishads of Rangpur Sadar Upazila: Haridebpur, Pashuram, and Uttam.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include wards 1 through 8 of Rangpur City Corporation.

Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include an additional 9th ward of the Rangpur City Corporation.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Abdur Rouf Awami League 1979 Mashiur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1979 by-election Shafiqul Ghani SwapanMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Moyezuddin Sarker Jatiya Party (Ershad) Sep 1991 by-election Karimuddin Bharsa1996Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu 2001 Moshiur Rahman Ranga Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 2008 Hossain Mokbul Shahriar Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Moshiur Rahman Ranga2024Asaduzzaman BabluIndependent2026Md. Rayhan ShiraziBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s Moshiur Rahman Ranga was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: Rangpur-1, Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Karimuddin Bharsa, of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected in a September 1991 by-election.

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