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Jessore-1

Coordinates: 23°03′N 88°57′E / 23.05°N 88.95°E / 23.05; 88.95
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Jessore-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJessore District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate263,500 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973

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

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Sharsha Upazila.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1973 Kazi Khademul Islam Awami League[4]
1979 Md. Golam Mustafa JaSaD[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Noor Hussain Jamaat-e-Islami[6]
1988 K. M. Nazrul Islam Jatiya Party[7]
1991 Tabibar Rahman Sarder Awami League
Feb 1996 Mofiqul Hasan Tripti BNP[8]
Jun 1996 Tabibar Rahman Sarder Awami League
2001 Ali Kadar BNP
2008 Sheikh Afil Uddin Awami League

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Sheikh Afil Uddin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Jessore-1[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Afil Uddin 94,556 51.5 +5.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Azizur Rahman 88,700 48.4 N/A
Independent Noor Hussain 178 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,856 3.2 −4.4
Turnout 183,434 92.9 +4.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Jessore-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ali Kadar 86,583 53.5 +20.5
AL Sheikh Afil Uddin 74,254 45.9 +8.5
IJOF K. M. Nazrul Islam 684 0.4 N/A
Independent Mafiqul Hasan Tripti 225 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Taherjul Islam 64 0.0 N/A
Majority 12,329 7.6 +3.1
Turnout 161,810 88.8 +3.1
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Jessore-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Tabibar Rahman Sarder 46,114 37.4 −0.1
BNP Ali Kadar 40,633 33.0 +12.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Noor Hussain 32,294 26.2 −7.4
JP(E) Md. A. Kadar 2,609 2.1 −5.4
IOJ Abdus Samad 1,122 0.9 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Imamur Rahman 395 0.3 N/A
Majority 5,481 4.5 +0.7
Turnout 123,167 85.7 +11.4
AL hold
General Election 1991: Jessore-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Tabibar Rahman Sarder 36,747 37.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Noor Hussain 33,018 33.6
BNP Ali Kadar 20,618 21.0
JP(E) Abdul Mannan 7,361 7.5
Zaker Party Md. Mofazzel Hossain Babul 390 0.4
Majority 3,729 3.8
Turnout 98,134 74.3
AL gain from

References

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  1. ^ "Jashore-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Ex-MP Tripti held with his licensed revolver". The Daily Star. 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "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.
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