Jhenaidah-1

Jhenaidah-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. It had been represented since 2024 by Md Nayeb Ali Joarder of the Awami League.

Jhenaidah-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhenaidah District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	276,334 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 80 Chuadanga-2 82 Jhenaidah-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shailkupa Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Md. Kamruzzaman	Awami League[5]
	1988	Muhammad Dabiruddin Joardar	Combined Opposition Party[6]
	1991	Abdul Wahab	BNP
	2001	Abdul Hyee	Awami League
	2024 by-election	Md. Nayeb Ali Zoarder

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-1^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hyee	111,153	84.7	+31.6
	Independent	Md. Nayeb Ali Zoarder	18,628	14.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Golam Mostofa	1,449	1.1	N/A
Majority			92,525	70.5	+59.2
Turnout			131,230	52.8	−39.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-1^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hyee	109,050	53.1	+3.3
	BNP	Abdul Wahab	85,899	41.9	−7.7
	Independent	Saidur Rahman	9,243	4.5	N/A
	IAB	Quazi Rejaul Karim	948	0.5	N/A
	BDB	Golam Mostafa	102	0.0	N/A
Majority			23,151	11.3	+11.1
Turnout			205,242	92.3	+6.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hyee	92,652	49.8	+5.1
	BNP	Abdul Wahab	92,306	49.6	+0.6
	IJOF	Md. Atiar Rahman Khan	973	0.5	N/A
	CPB	Alamgir Hossain	214	0.1	0.0
Majority			346	0.2	−4.1
Turnout			186,145	85.5	−2.1
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Jhenaidah-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Wahab	75,105	49.0	−0.1
	AL	Md. Kamruzzaman	68,514	44.7	+9.2
	JI	Abu Tayab	5,945	3.9	+3.7
	JP(E)	Golam Mostofa	2,301	1.5	+1.3
	IOJ	Md. Abdul Wahab	581	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Zahidunnabi	393	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Akram-Ud-Daula	294	0.2	−1.3
	CPB	Md. Rajibul Hasan	104	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Z. M. Akhtaruzzman	103	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,591	4.3	−9.3
Turnout			153,340	87.6	+15.8
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Wahab	63,663	49.1
	AL	Md. Kamruzzaman	46,029	35.5
	JI	Shiraj Ali	11,926	9.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Golam Mustafa	4,445	3.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Sobed Ali	1,964	1.5
	FP	Miah Abdur Rashid	1,045	0.8
	JP(E)	Z. M. Akhtaruzzman	200	0.2
	CPB	Zahidunnabi	161	0.1
	Independent	Muhammad Dabiruddin Joardar	110	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Md. Mokbul Hossain Seikh	73	0.1
	Independent	Tanzilur Rahman	35	0.0
Majority			17,634	13.6
Turnout			129,651	71.8
	BNP gain from