Jhalokati-1

Jhalokati-1
Jhalokati-1
Constituency; for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhalokati District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	178,888 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
	← 124 Barisal-6 126 Jhalokati-2 →

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]

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.

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

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)

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)

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Jhalokati-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad

District	Jhalokati District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	178,888 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 124 Barisal-6 126 Jhalokati-2 →