Barisal-1

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Barisal-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Barisal District
Division Barisal Division
Electorate258,034 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

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

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Agailjhara and Gournadi upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Tofail Ahmed Awami League [4]
1979 Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan BNP [5]
1986 Sunil Kumar Gupta Jatiya Party [6] [7]
1991 Abul Hasnat Abdullah Awami League
Feb 1996 Zahir Uddin Swapan BNP
Jun 1996 Abul Hasnat Abdullah Awami League
2001 Zahir Uddin Swapan BNP
2008 Talukder Md. Younus Awami League
2014 Abul Hasanat Abdullah

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abul Hasanat Abdullah was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-1 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Talukder Md. Younus 98,24557.2+12.1
BNP Abdus Sobhan70,96941.3−13.1
IAB Golam Mahmud1,5820.9N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan PartyShuvashis Samaddar4150.2N/A
Independent Ashok Gupta3710.2N/A
Independent Zahir Uddin Shapan2030.1N/A
Majority 27,27615.9+6.6
Turnout 171,78587.0+10.5
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Barisal-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Zahir Uddin Swapan 81,79154.4+11.2
AL Abul Hasnat Abdullah 67,76045.10.0
IJOF Md. Haroon Ur Rashid4700.3N/A
Independent Bhabaranjan Baidhya2620.2N/A
Independent John Nihar Ranjan Biswas640.0N/A
Majority 14,0319.3+7.3
Turnout 150,34776.5−0.7
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Barisal-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abul Hasnat Abdullah 52,41845.1−2.5
BNP Kazi Golam Mahbub 50,12543.2+3.2
JP(E) Sunil Kumar Gupta 6,0545.2+4.2
JI Sarder Abdus Salam5,3954.6−4.3
IOJ Abdur Razzak Khan1,6191.4N/A
Independent John Nihar Ranjan Biswas3740.3N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)Md. Mahabubur Rahman1110.1N/A
Independent Md. Abdul Latif Kabiraj790.1N/A
Majority 2,2932.0−5.6
Turnout 116,17577.2+16.6
AL hold
General Election 1991: Barisal-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abul Hasanat Abdullah 55,69747.6
BNP Kazi Golam Mahbub 46,85540.0
JI Sarder Abdus Salam10,4308.9
Zaker PartyA. K. M. Forhad Hossain1,5101.3
JP(E) Sarwar Alam1,1541.0
UCL Zahir Uddin Swapan 6130.5
Independent S. K. Zaman5970.5
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)Khalilur Rahman1650.1
Majority 8,8427.6
Turnout 117,02160.6
AL gain from JP(E)

References

  1. "Barishal-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  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. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "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.

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