Jessore-1

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

Jessore-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jessore District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	263,500 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 84 Jhenaidah-4 86 Jessore-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sharsha Upazila.^[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	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

Elections in the 2010s

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

General Election 2008: Jessore-1^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Afil Uddin	94,556	51.5	+5.6
	JI	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

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
	JI	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
	JI	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