Patuakhali-1

Patuakhali-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Patuakhali District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	393,474 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Member(s)	A.B.M. Ruhul Amin Howlader

Patuakhali-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by A.B.M. Ruhul Amin Howlader of the Jatiya Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dumki, Mirzaganj and Patuakhali Sadar upazilas. ^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded three union parishads of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Auliapur, Kamalapur, and Lohalia. ^{[2] [5] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Asmat Ali Sikder	Awami League [7]
	1979	Akhtaruzzaman Alamgir	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Sardar Abdur Rashid	Jatiya Party [9] [10]
	1991	Mohammad Keramat Ali	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Shahjahan Mia	Awami League
	2001	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Shahjahan Mia	Awami League
	2014	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Shahjahan Mia	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Patuakhali-1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	79,203	68.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shafiqul Islam	35,582	30.9	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Habibur Rahman Shawkat	307	0.3	N/A
Majority			43,621	37.9	+15.1
Turnout			115,092	34.5	-48.9
	JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Patuakhali-1 ^{[5] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shahjahan Mia	120,132	58.1	+16.7
	BNP	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	73,017	35.3	-14.1
	IAB	Abdur Rahman	11,804	5.7	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Hai	893	0.4	N/A
	BTF	Mutawakkil Billah	551	0.3	N/A
	BSD	Jahirul Alam	372	0.2	N/A
Majority			47,115	22.8	+14.9
Turnout			206,769	83.4	+22.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Patuakhali-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	95,838	49.4	+10.6
	AL	Shahjahan Mia	80,403	41.4	-5.9
	IJOF	Mohammad Keramat Ali	17,388	9.0	N/A
	CPB	Subhash Chand	348	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mohammad Ruhul Amin	197	0.1	N/A
Majority			15,435	7.9	-0.7
Turnout			194,174	61.3	-0.7
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Patuakhali-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shahjahan Mia	63,951	47.3	+1.3
	BNP	Mohammad Keramat Ali	52,369	38.8	-7.2
	IOJ	Md. A. Goni	10,328	7.6	+4.8
	JP(E)	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	5,332	3.9	+1.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. Zabbar Azadi	2,043	1.5	-0.6
	Gano Forum	Abdul Aziz	331	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. Aziz Shing	329	0.2	-0.5
	Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party	Razzak Mridha	294	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	J. M. Anisur Rahman	126	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,582	8.6	+3.0
Turnout			135,103	62.0	+25.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Patuakhali-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohammad Keramat Ali	51,278	46.0
	AL	Shahjahan Mia	45,006	40.3
	IOJ	A. F. Md. Shahjahan	3,070	2.8
	Bangladesh Janata Party	A. K. M. Ashikur Rahman	2,756	2.5
	JP(E)	Sardar Abdur Rashid	2,468	2.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	S. K. Zabbar Azadi	2,383	2.1
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Abdur Razzak Chowdhury	2,324	2.1
	Zaker Party	A. Bari	805	0.7
	Independent	Abdul Aziz Mollik	775	0.7
	JSD	Habibur Rahman Shawkat	557	0.5
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Md. Selim Talukdar	131	0.1
Majority			6,272	5.6
Turnout			111,553	36.7
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Patuakhali-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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3. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
5. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
7. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
8. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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10. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
11. "Patuakhali-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 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.

External links

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

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