Jhalokati-1

Jhalokati-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhalokati District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	178,888 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Shahjahan Omar

Jhalokati-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Bazlul Haque Haroon of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kathalia and Rajapur upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-12 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Jahangir Kabir	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	Shahjahan Omar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Anwar Hossain Manju	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	Shahjahan Omar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Bazlul Haque Haroon	Awami League
	2024	Shahjahan Omar	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jhalokati-1 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Bazlul Haque Haroon	90,127	94.7	+38.2
	JP(E)	Md. Nasir Uddin	5,071	5.3	N/A
Majority			85,056	89.3	+70.5
Turnout			95,198	61.6	-21.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Bazlul Haque Haroon	64,525	56.5	+36.7
	BNP	Rafiqul Islam Jamal	43,098	37.7	-15.2
	IAB	Md. Moinul Islam	5,375	4.7	N/A
	Independent	A.K.M. Rezaul Karim	598	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Maha Alam	353	0.3	N/A
	BDB	Mohammad Abul Kasem	122	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Rubel Howlader	121	0.1	-20.8
Majority			21,427	18.8	-13.1
Turnout			114,192	83.3	+19.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Jhalokati-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Omar	54,513	52.9	+21.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Anwar Hossain Manju	21,609	20.9	N/A
	AL	Bazlul Haque Haroon	20,413	19.8	-9.2
	IJOF	Mian Masud Zakaria	6,168	6.0	N/A
	Quran Darshan Sangstha Bangladesh	S. K. Jasim Uddin	161	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Moniruzzaman Golder	90	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Sohrab Hossain	86	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Sikder Md. Kajal	60	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Md. A. Satter Hawlader	46	0.0	N/A
Majority			32,904	31.9	+29.6
Turnout			103,146	64.1	-8.8
	BNP gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Anwar Hossain Manju	27,812	33.9	N/A
	BNP	Shahjahan Omar	26,017	31.7	-16.7
	AL	Amir Hossain Amu	23,792	29.0	+5.4
	IOJ	Nurul Muda	2,964	3.6	-0.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Moulana Muzzamel Hossain	925	1.1	-1.6
	FP	Sohrab Hossain	174	0.2	0.0
	Zaker Party	Kabir Sikdar	174	0.2	-0.1
	Quran Darshan Sangstha Bangladesh	S. K. Jasim Uddin	137	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Kabiruzzaman Mia	76	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,795	2.2	-22.6
Turnout			82,071	72.9	+29.7
	JP(E) gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Jhalokati-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Omar	33,544	48.4
	AL	Abdul Kuddus	16,357	23.6
	Independent	Nurul Islam Sikder	12,008	17.3
	IOJ	Md. Ali Hossain	3,077	4.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Moulana Mozammel Hossain	1,860	2.7
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Haider Miah	1,698	2.4
	Zaker Party	Abdus Sobhan	241	0.3
	JSD	M. A. Hannan	219	0.3
	Independent	Mozammel Hossain	168	0.2
	FP	Sohrab Hossain	123	0.2
	Independent	Golam Kabir Tang.	65	0.1
Majority			17,187	24.8
Turnout			69,360	43.2
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Jhalokathi-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. "Jhalokati-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. 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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

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

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