Rajshahi-1 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Rajshahi District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate: | 383,352 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Members: | vacant |
Module: | Seat no. 52 |
Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Omar Faruk Chowdhury of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Godagari and Tanore upazilas.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.