Bagerhat-1

Bagerhat-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bagerhat District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	302,328 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Sheikh Helal Uddin
Created from	Khulna-1

Bagerhat-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2009 by Sheikh Helal Uddin of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chitalmari, Fakirhat, and Mollahat upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	MA Khayer	Bangladesh Awami League [4]
	1988	Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu	Jatiya Party [5]
	1991	Mozammel Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League
	February 1996	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6]
	Sep 1996 by-election	Sheikh Helal Uddin	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001
	2008
	2014
	2018

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. ^[7]

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. ^[8] 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. ^[9]

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-1 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

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 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Helal Uddin	106,235	56.2
	BNP	Sheikh Mujibar Rahman	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. ^{[12] [13] [14]} Helal Uddin was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^[14]

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	77,342	51.4	+3.2
	BNP	Sheikh Mujibar Rahman	47,299	31.4	+0.2
	IOJ	Moulana Siddiqur Rahman	9,912	6.6	+6.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	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 ^[12]

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. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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6. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. 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.
8. "By-Elections for Bangladesh's Parliament Scheduled for March 30". VOA Bangla. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
9. "Sheikh Helal elected MP uncontested". The Daily Star. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.

External links

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

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