Bagerhat-1

Bagerhat-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bagerhat District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	302,328 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 94 Narail-2 96 Bagerhat-2 →

Bagerhat-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bagerhat Sadar, Mollahat, and Chitalmari upazilas. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Khulna-1 constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2022 Bangladeshi census. This 2025 redistricting reduced the number of constituencies in Bagerhat District from four to three and altered the boundaries of Bagerhat-1. ^[3] Previously it encompassed Chitalmari, Fakirhat, and Mollahat upazilas. ^{[4] [5]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	MA Khayer	Awami League [6]
	1988	Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu	Jatiya Party [7]
	1991	Mozammel Hossain	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	BNP
	Sep 1996 by-election	Sheikh Helal	Awami League
	2001
	Mar 2009 by-election

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sheikh Helal Uddin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. ^[9] Helal Uddin was elected unopposed in March 2009 after the Election Commission disqualified the other two candidates in the by-election scheduled for April 2009. ^[10]

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-1 ^{[4] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	142,979	68.3	+12.1
	BNP	Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Dipu	58,533	28.0	−15.8
	IAB	Md. Liakat Ali	7,522	3.6	N/A
	National People's Party	Sheikh Shawkat Hossain	288	0.1	N/A
Majority			84,446	40.3	+28.0
Turnout			209,322	89.4	+7.6
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Bagerhat-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Helal Uddin	106,235	56.2
	BNP	Rumeen Farhana	82,922	43.8
Majority			23,313	12.3
Turnout			189,157	81.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election: Bagerhat-1, Khulna-1, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. ^{[13] [14] [15]} Helal Uddin was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^[15]

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	77,342	51.4	+3.2
	BNP	Rumeen Farhana	47,299	31.4	+0.2
	IOJ	Moulana Siddiqur Rahman	9,912	6.6	+6.3
	JI	Md. Ahad Ali	8,463	5.6	N/A
	JP(E)	S.M. Shafiqul Islam	5,977	4.0	+3.7
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Surandra Nath Sikdar	586	0.4	−0.9
	Bangladesh Tafsil Jati Federation (S.K. Mandal)	Sawpan Kumar Mandal	350	0.2	N/A
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Arafatul Islam	275	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Muniruzzaman	234	0.2	−0.3
	Independent	Binoy Krisna Poddar	179	0.1	N/A
Majority			30,043	19.9	+2.9
Turnout			150,617	82.8	+23.0
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Bagerhat-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mozammel Hossain	62,045	48.2
	BNP	Sheikh Mujibar Rahman	40,155	31.2
	BKA	Maulana Siddiqur Rahman	21,123	16.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sheik Kamruzzaman	1,728	1.3
	NAP (Muzaffar)	S. M. Sabur	1,525	1.2
	Zaker Party	S. M. Nizamul Haq	641	0.5
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu	494	0.4
	JP(E)	Sheik A Hai	442	0.3
	IOJ	Khelafot Hossain	361	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Matin)	A Sabur Sheik	154	0.1
Majority			21,890	17.0
Turnout			128,668	59.8
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Bagerhat-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. জাতীয় সংসদের পুনঃনির্ধারিত নির্বাচনি এলাকার চূড়ান্ত তালিকা-২০২৫ [Final list of redrawn constituencies of the National Assembly-2025](PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2025. ৯৫ বাগেরহাট-১ (ক) বাগেরহাট সদর উপজেলা (খ) মোল্লাহাট উপজেলা এবং (গ) চিতলমারী উপজেলা[95 Bagerhat-1 (a) Bagerhat Sadar Upazila (b) Mollahat Upazila and (c) Chitalmari Upazila]
3. "Gazipur gets a new seat, Bagerhat loses one". The Daily Star. 5 September 2025.
4. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "By-Elections for Bangladesh's Parliament Scheduled for March 30". VOA Bangla. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
10. "Sheikh Helal elected MP uncontested". The Daily Star. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
14. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
15. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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