Barisal-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Barisal-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Zahir Uddin Swapan is the incumbent representative since February 2026.
| Barisal-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Barisal District |
| Division | Barisal Division |
| Electorate | 258,034 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Agailjhara and Gournadi upazilas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Tofail Ahmed | Awami League[4] | |
| 1979 | Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan | BNP[5] | |
| 1986 | Sunil Kumar Gupta | Jatiya Party[6][7] | |
| 1991 | Abul Hasnat Abdullah | Awami League | |
| Feb 1996 | Zahir Uddin Swapan | BNP | |
| Jun 1996 | Abul Hasnat Abdullah | Awami League | |
| 2001 | Zahir Uddin Swapan | BNP | |
| 2008 | Talukder Md. Younus | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Abul Hasanat Abdullah | ||
| 2026 | Zahir Uddin Swapan | BNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Abul Hasanat Abdullah was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Talukder Md. Younus | 98,245 | 57.2 | +12.1 | ||
| BNP | Abdus Sobhan | 70,969 | 41.3 | −13.1 | ||
| IAB | Golam Mahmud | 1,582 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Shuvashis Samaddar | 415 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Ashok Gupta | 371 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Zahir Uddin Shapan | 203 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 27,276 | 15.9 | +6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 171,785 | 87.0 | +10.5 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Zahir Uddin Swapan | 81,791 | 54.4 | +11.2 | ||
| AL | Abul Hasnat Abdullah | 67,760 | 45.1 | 0.0 | ||
| IJOF | Md. Haroon Ur Rashid | 470 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Bhabaranjan Baidhya | 262 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | John Nihar Ranjan Biswas | 64 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 14,031 | 9.3 | +7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 150,347 | 76.5 | −0.7 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abul Hasnat Abdullah | 52,418 | 45.1 | −2.5 | |
| BNP | Kazi Golam Mahbub | 50,125 | 43.2 | +3.2 | |
| JP(E) | Sunil Kumar Gupta | 6,054 | 5.2 | +4.2 | |
| Jamaat | Sarder Abdus Salam | 5,395 | 4.6 | −4.3 | |
| IOJ | Abdur Razzak Khan | 1,619 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | John Nihar Ranjan Biswas | 374 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | Md. Mahabubur Rahman | 111 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Abdul Latif Kabiraj | 79 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,293 | 2.0 | −5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 116,175 | 77.2 | +16.6 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abul Hasanat Abdullah | 55,697 | 47.6 | |||
| BNP | Kazi Golam Mahbub | 46,855 | 40.0 | |||
| Jamaat | Sarder Abdus Salam | 10,430 | 8.9 | |||
| Zaker Party | A. K. M. Forhad Hossain | 1,510 | 1.3 | |||
| JP(E) | Sarwar Alam | 1,154 | 1.0 | |||
| UCL | Zahir Uddin Swapan | 613 | 0.5 | |||
| Independent | S. K. Zaman | 597 | 0.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Khalilur Rahman | 165 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 8,842 | 7.6 | ||||
| Turnout | 117,021 | 60.6 | ||||
| AL gain from JP(E) | ||||||
