Bhola-1

Bhola-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bhola District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	310,048 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Tofail Ahmed
Created from	Bakerganj-1

Bhola-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Tofail Ahmed of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bhola Sadar Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-1 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)   BJP

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Naziur Rahman Manzur	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	Tofail Ahmed	Awami League
	February 1996	Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	vacant
	2001	Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Andaleeve Rahman Partho	Bangladesh Jatiya Party
	2014	Tofail Ahmed	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Tofail Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bhola-1 ^{[2] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Andaleeve Rahman	95,158	53.2	-8.9
	AL	Yusuf Hossain Humayun	78,489	43.9	+6.4
	IAB	Md. Anisul Haque	3,698	2.1	N/A
	BDB	Abu Azam Khan	724	0.4	N/A
	Gano Front	Krisok Md. Sadak	484	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Topon Kumar Chakroborti	204	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,669	9.3	-15.2
Turnout			178,757	77.4	+16.2
	BJP gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bhola-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	95,904	62.1	+19.4
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	58,010	37.5	-7.3
	JSD	Md. Nasir Uddin	313	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA (Sadeq)	Krisok Md. Sadaq	173	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Humayun Kabir	136	0.1	N/A
Majority			37,894	24.5	+22.4
Turnout			154,536	61.2	-5.0
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Tofail Ahmed stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Bhola-1 and Bhola-2. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election. ^{[10] [11]} The High Court, however, stayed the by-election, and the seat remained vacant for the entire tenure of the seventh parliament. ^{[12] [11]}

General Election June 1996: Bhola-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	50,099	44.8	+7.6
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	47,759	42.7	+17.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Bakar Siddique	6,071	5.4	+1.9
	JP(E)	Maksudur Rahman	4,024	3.6	-28.7
	IOJ	Abdul Mannan	2,816	2.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Sahid Alam	604	0.5	+0.2
	Gano Forum	Abu Taher	193	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA	Krisok Md. Sadak	169	0.1	N/A
	FP	A. Hadi Masud	58	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,340	2.1	-2.8
Turnout			111,793	66.2	+18.5
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Bhola-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	36,465	37.2
	JP(E)	Naziur Rahman Manzur	31,644	32.3
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	24,922	25.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. F. M. Abdul Hamid	3,382	3.5
	Zaker Party	Abdul Ohab Miah	322	0.3
	Independent	Md. Ali Zinnah	277	0.3
	Independent	Mahmudul Haq Kamal	216	0.3
	BKSMA	Krisok Md. Sadak	213	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shahajahan	179	0.2
	Independent	Abdul Jabbar Hauladar	141	0.1
	Independent	Monsur Helal	132	0.1
	NAP (Mozaffar)	Md. Shahajahan	100	0.1
Majority			4,821	4.9
Turnout			98,003	47.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Bhola-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.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. 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.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Results Comparison". Amar Desh. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
11. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
12. "Dhaka-10 by-poll Symbol Dispute". The Daily Star. 2 June 2004. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

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

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