Chapai Nawabganj district
3 parliamentary seats · 5 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Chapai Nawabganj district
Chapainawabganj, often colloquially simply called Chapai is a district of the Rajshahi Division. This district is the north-western most part of Bangladesh. The north and western part of Chapainawabganj is bounded by Malda and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal, the east by Naogaon district, and south-east by Rajshahi district.
History
Chapainawabganj made the Goura capital of ancient Bengal alongside Malda. This region had strategic and commercial importance due to its location at the junction of the rivers Mahananda and Padma. Because of its importance, Alivardi Khan, the fourth Nawab of Bengal, founded Nawabganj town which in course of time became part of the name of the broader region. Until 1947, Nawabganj was a thana under the Malda district of the Rajshahi Division in the British Raj. After the 1947 parition of Bengal and British exist, Chapainawabganj directly became one of the sub-districts of the Rajshahi district until 1984.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Chapai Nawabganj District has 448,028 households and a population of 1,835,528 with an average 4.07 people per household. Among the population, 367,283 inhabitants are under 10 years of age. The population density is 1,078 people per km2.
Source: Wikipedia, Chapai Nawabganj District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notable people of Chapai Nawabganj
- Khabeeruddin Ahmed, politician
- Idris Ahmed Mia, politician
- Mohammad Mohsin, lawyer and politician
- Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, jurist
- Rafiqun Nabi, cartoonist
- Shahjahan Miah, former MP
- Durul Huda, second Mayor of Rajshahi
- Murtaza Raza Choudhry, former Finance Minister of East Bengal
- Mainur Reza Choudhury, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Bangladesh
- Zara Jabeen Mahbub, former MP
- Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, former MP
- Mahbubul Alam, former MP
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 3 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Chapai Nawabganj is a district in Rajshahi division with 3 seats in Parliament: Chapai Nawabganj-1 (Shibganj upazila), Chapai Nawabganj-2 (Bholahat, Gomostapur and Nachol upazilas) and Chapai Nawabganj-3 (Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by Jamaat-e-Islami. In the 12th Parliament (2024) the seats were all held by the Awami League.
Md. Keramat AliChapai Nawabganj-1, Jamaat-e-Islami
Md. Mizanur RahmanChapai Nawabganj-2, Jamaat-e-Islami
Md. Nurul IslamChapai Nawabganj-3, Jamaat-e-Islami
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026