Jhalokati-1

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

{{Infobox constituency

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| district = Jhalokati District

| region_label = Division

| region = Barisal Division

| population =

| electorate = 178,888 (2018)

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| year = 1984

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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.

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

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colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1986

| Jahangir Kabir

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1991

| Shahjahan Omar

| BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1996

| Anwar Hossain Manju

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2001

| Shahjahan Omar

| BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2008

| Bazlul Haque Haroon

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

|2024

|Shahjahan Omar

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2014: Jhalokati-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Bazlul Haque Haroon

|votes = 90,127

|percentage = 94.7

|change = +38.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Md. Nasir Uddin

|votes = 5,071

|percentage = 5.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 85,056

|percentage = 89.3

|change = +70.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 95,198

|percentage = 61.6

|change = -21.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Jhalokati-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Bazlul Haque Haroon

|votes = 64,525

|percentage = 56.5

|change = +36.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Rafiqul Islam Jamal

|votes = 43,098

|percentage = 37.7

|change = -15.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Moinul Islam

|votes = 5,375

|percentage = 4.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = A.K.M. Rezaul Karim

|votes = 598

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Maha Alam

|votes = 353

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

|candidate = Mohammad Abul Kasem

|votes = 122

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

|candidate = Md. Rubel Howlader

|votes = 121

|percentage = 0.1

|change = -20.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21,427

|percentage = 18.8

|change = -13.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 114,192

|percentage = 83.3

|change = +19.2

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Jhalokati-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Shahjahan Omar

|votes = 54,513

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +21.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

|candidate = Anwar Hossain Manju

|votes = 21,609

|percentage = 20.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Bazlul Haque Haroon

|votes = 20,413

|percentage = 19.8

|change = -9.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Mian Masud Zakaria

|votes = 6,168

|percentage = 6.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Quran Darshan Sangstha Bangladesh

|candidate = S. K. Jasim Uddin

|votes = 161

|percentage = 0.2

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Moniruzzaman Golder

|votes = 90

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = Sohrab Hossain

|votes = 86

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Sikder Md. Kajal

|votes = 60

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)

|candidate = Md. A. Satter Hawlader

|votes = 46

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 32,904

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +29.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 103,146

|percentage = 64.1

|change = -8.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Jhalokati-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Anwar Hossain Manju

|votes = 27,812

|percentage = 33.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Shahjahan Omar

|votes = 26,017

|percentage = 31.7

|change = -16.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Amir Hossain Amu

|votes = 23,792

|percentage = 29.0

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Oikya Jote

|candidate = Nurul Muda

|votes = 2,964

|percentage = 3.6

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Moulana Muzzamel Hossain

|votes = 925

|percentage = 1.1

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Freedom Party

|candidate = Sohrab Hossain

|votes = 174

|percentage = 0.2

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Kabir Sikdar

|votes = 174

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Quran Darshan Sangstha Bangladesh

|candidate = S. K. Jasim Uddin

|votes = 137

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Kabiruzzaman Mia

|votes = 76

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,795

|percentage = 2.2

|change = -22.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 82,071

|percentage = 72.9

|change = +29.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Jhalokati-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Shahjahan Omar

|votes = 33,544

|percentage = 48.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Kuddus

|votes = 16,357

|percentage = 23.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Nurul Islam Sikder

|votes = 12,008

|percentage = 17.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Oikya Jote

|candidate = Md. Ali Hossain

|votes = 3,077

|percentage = 4.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Moulana Mozammel Hossain

|votes = 1,860

|percentage = 2.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Janata Party

|candidate = Haider Miah

|votes = 1,698

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Abdus Sobhan

|votes = 241

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = M. A. Hannan

|votes = 219

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Mozammel Hossain

|votes = 168

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Freedom Party

|candidate = Sohrab Hossain

|votes = 123

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Golam Kabir Tang.

|votes = 65

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,187

|percentage = 24.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 69,360

|percentage = 43.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Jhalokathi-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jhalokathi-1&d=barishal |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

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{{cite news |title=Jhalokati-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=125 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505204747/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=125 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}

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