| Bhola-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| 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.
The constituency encompasses Bhola Sadar Upazila.[2][3]
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.
Key
Tofail Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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]
| 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 | |||||
| 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) | ||||||
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| Rangpur Division (Seat:1– 33) | |
| Rajshahi Division (Seat:34– 72) | |
| Khulna Division (Seat:73– 108) | |
| Barisal Division (Seat:109– 129) | |
| Mymensingh Division (Seat:130– 167) |
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| Dhaka Division (Seat:168– 223) |
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| Sylhet Division (Seat:224– 242) |
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| Chittagong Division (Seat:243– 300) |
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| Defunct constituencies |
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