# Chuadanga-1

Chuadanga-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Solaiman Haque Joarder of the Awami League.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Alamdanga Upazila, Chuadanga Municipality, and five union parishads of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila: Alokdia, Kutubpur, Mominpur, Padmabila, and Shankar Chandra.

## History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Kushtia-7 constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | Makbul Hossain | Jatiya Party |
| 1988 | Mohammad Shahjahan | Combined Opposition Party |
| 1991 | Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali | BNP |
| 1996 | Shamsuzzaman Dudu | BNP |
| 2001 | Shahidul Islam Biswas | BNP |
| 2008 | Solaiman Haque Joarder | Awami League |
| 2018 | Razzaqul Alom Mia | BNP |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chuadanga-1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Solaiman Haque Joarder | 145,134 | 87.8 | +31.3 |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Sobed Ali | 20,108 | 12.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125,026 | 75.7 | +61.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,242 | 41.6 | −50.5 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chuadanga-1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Solaiman Haque Joarder | 184,793 | 56.5 | +15.1 |
| | BNP | Shahidul Islam Biswas | 136,889 | 41.8 | −13.7 |
| | IAB | Asad-Uzzaman Sardar | 5,027 | 1.5 | N/A |
| | National People's Party | Idris Chowdhury | 579 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,904 | 14.6 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 327,288 | 92.1 | +5.1 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 2001: Chuadanga-1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Shahidul Islam Biswas | 151,763 | 55.5 | +13.9 |
| | AL | Solaiman Haque Joarder | 113,333 | 41.4 | +5.5 |
| | Independent | Mir Shamsuzzoha | 6,381 | 2.3 | N/A |
| | IJOF | Sohrab Hossain | 1,487 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Ganatantri Party | Md. Khandokar Motaharul Islam | 343 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Abul Hossain Nantu | 185 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,430 | 14.1 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 273,492 | 87.0 | +2.4 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chuadanga-1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Shamsuzzaman Dudu | 89,786 | 41.6 | +6.9 |
| | AL | Solaiman Haque Joarder | 77,489 | 35.9 | +2.4 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Khaleq | 35,365 | 16.4 | N/A |
| | JP(E) | Md. Saiful Islam Pinu | 5,212 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Touhid Hossain | 3,403 | 1.6 | +1.2 |
| | IOJ | Moulana Yunus Ali | 3,034 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | WPB | Md. Mokhlesur Rahman | 615 | 0.3 | −0.4 |
| | Independent | M. Sanwar Hossain | 298 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | BKA | Nurur Rahman | 253 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | FP | Mohammad Bazlul Huda | 129 | 0.1 | −27.8 |
| | Independent | Md. Nazrul Islam | 100 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,297 | 5.7 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,684 | 84.6 | +16 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |
General Election 1991: Chuadanga-1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali | 55,387 | 34.7 | |
| | AL | Solaiman Haque Joarder | 53,535 | 33.5 | |
| | FP | Mohammad Bazlul Huda | 44,630 | 27.9 | |
| | Zaker Party | A Bari | 4,456 | 2.8 | |
| | WPB | Bablu Rahman | 1,145 | 0.7 | |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mohammad Shahjahan | 595 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,852 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,748 | 68.6 | |
| | BNP gain from | BNP gain from | BNP gain from | BNP gain from | BNP gain from |