Pirojpur-1

Pirojpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Pirojpur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pirojpur District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	419,106 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 126 Jhalokati-2 128 Pirojpur-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nazirpur, Pirojpur Sadar, and Nesarabad upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-14 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission swapped Zianagar Upazila from Pirojpur-1 to Pirojpur-2, and Nesarabad Upazila from Pirojpur-2 to Pirojpur-1.^[3][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mostafa Jamal Haider	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1991	Sudhangshu Shekhar Haldar	Bangladesh Awami League
	Feb 1996	Gazi Nuruzzaman Babul	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Jun 1996	Delwar Hossain Sayeedi	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2001
	2008	A. K. M. A. Awal Saydur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014
	2018	SM Rezaul Karim
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

AKMA Awal 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: Pirojpur-1^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKMA Awal	101,710	48.8	+8.9
	JI	Delwar Hossain Sayeedi	94,714	45.5	−11.7
	JP(E)	Mostafa Jamal Haider	8,406	4.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Nazrul Islam	2,536	1.2	−0.9
	United Citizen Movement	Md. Abu Sayed	512	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Tapan Kumar Mitra	275	0.1	N/A
	BDB	Shamsul Jalal Chowdhury	98	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Syed Shahidul Haque Jamal	38	0.0	N/A
Majority			6,996	3.4	−14.0
Turnout			208,289	87.1	+10.7
	AL gain from JI

General Election 2001: Pirojpur-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Delwar Hossain Sayeedi	110,108	57.2	+20.2
	AL	Sudhangshu Shekhar Haldar	76,731	39.9	+3.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Nazrul Islam	4,059	2.1	N/A
	IJOF	Sadeq Ahmmad	1,053	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Abdullahil Mahmud	209	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Pankaj Kumar Dakua	120	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Manindra Nath Dhali	58	0.0	N/A
Majority			33,377	17.4	+17.2
Turnout			192,338	76.4	−0.9
	JI hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Pirojpur-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Delwar Hossain Sayeedi	55,717	37.0	+20.3
	AL	Sudhangshu Shekhar Haldar	55,437	36.8	−8.7
	JP(E)	Mostafa Jamal Haider	30,009	19.9	+17.7
	BNP	Gazi Nuruzzaman Babul	5,912	3.9	−27.8
	IOJ	Sheikh Rafique Ahmed	2,904	1.9	−0.7
	Zaker Party	Shahedul Islam Panna	309	0.2	−0.1
	Independent	Khitish Chandra Mondol	228	0.2	N/A
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Md. Belaet Hossien Al Feroji	190	0.1	N/A
	FP	Md. Emdadul Kabir	35	0.0	N/A
Majority			280	0.2	−13.7
Turnout			150,741	77.3	+25.0
	JI gain from AL

General Election 1991: Pirojpur-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sudhangshu Shekhar Haldar	55,405	45.5
	BNP	Gazi Nuruzzaman Babul	38,538	31.7
	JI	Tofazzel Hossain	20,350	16.7
	IOJ	A. Jabbar	3,215	2.6
	JP(E)	Shidul Haider	2,680	2.2
	Ganatantri Party	Ali Haider Khan	474	0.4
	Zaker Party	Shahidul Kalam	369	0.3
	Independent	A. H. Nasir Ali	256	0.2
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Rejaul Karim	193	0.2
	Independent	Liaqat Ali Sheikh	168	0.1
	Bangladesh National Congress	Amar Krishna	54	0.0
Majority			16,867	13.9
Turnout			121,702	52.3
	AL gain from JP(E)