{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Bhola-1 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = ভোলা-১.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Bhola District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Barisal Division]] |population = |electorate = 406,567 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Andaleeve Rahman Partho]] |abolished_label = |abolished = | module = {{align|left|← [[Patuakhali-4|114 Patuakhali-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Bhola-2|116 Bhola-2]] →}} }} '''Bhola-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].Since 17 January 2026,the constituency has been represented by [[Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] Chairman [[Andaleeve Rahman|Barrister Andaleeve Rahman]]
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Bhola Sadar Upazila]], integrating the area within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-1 constituency when the former [[Backergunge District|Bakerganj District]] was split into four districts: [[Bhola District|Bhola]], [[Barisal District|Bakerganj]], [[Jhalokati District|Jhalokati]], and [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur]].
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Naziur Rahman Manzur]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | colspan="2" |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | colspan="2" |''Vacant'' |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jatiya Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Andaleeve Rahman Partho]] | [[Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |rowspan="3" | [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]] |rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jatiya Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Andaleeve Rahman Partho]] | [[Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Bhola-1}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jatiya Party |candidate = [[Andaleeve Rahman]] |votes = 105,543 |percentage = 49.51 |change = −3.69 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Nazrul Islam |votes = 75,337 |percentage = 35.33 |change = +29.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Obaidur Rahman |votes = 25,245 |percentage = 11.84 |change = +9.74 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 30,206 |percentage = 14.18 |change = −77.03 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 213,201 |percentage = 52.43 |change = −31.60 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 406,567 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jatiya Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title = [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Bhola-1 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Awami League | candidate = [[Tofael Ahmed]] | votes = 245,409 | percentage = 94.20 | change = +50.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh | candidate = Mawlana Mohammad Yasin | votes = 7,801 | percentage = 2.99 | change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = Golam Nabi Alamgir | votes = 7,299 | percentage = 2.80 | change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority | votes = 237,608 | percentage = 91.21 | change = +81.9 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 260,509 | percentage = 84.03 | change = +6.6 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 310,048 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Awami League }} {{Election box end}} Tofail Ahmed was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Bhola-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jatiya Party |candidate = [[Andaleeve Rahman]] |votes = 95,158 |percentage = 53.2 |change = -8.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = Yusuf Hossain Humayun |votes = 78,489 |percentage = 43.9 |change = +6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Anisul Haque |votes = 3,698 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Abu Azam Khan |votes = 724 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Front |candidate = Krisok Md. Sadak |votes = 484 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Tapon Kumar Chakraborty |votes = 204 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 16,669 |percentage = 9.3 |change = -15.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 178,757 |percentage = 77.4 |change = +16.2 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jatiya Party |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Bhola-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]] |votes = 95,904 |percentage = 62.1 |change = +19.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]] |votes = 58,010 |percentage = 37.5 |change = -7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Nasir Uddin |votes = 313 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = BKSMA |candidate = Krisok Md. Sadaq |votes = 173 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Humayun Kabir |votes = 136 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 37,894 |percentage = 24.5 |change = +22.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 154,536 |percentage = 61.2 |change = -5.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Tofail Ahmed stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Bhola-1 and [[Bhola-2]]. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election.<ref name="amardesh" /><ref name="1996results" /> The [[High Court Division|High Court]], however, stayed the by-election, and the seat remained vacant for the entire tenure of the seventh parliament.<ref name="ds2Jun2004" /><ref name="1996results" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Bhola-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]] |votes = 50,099 |percentage = 44.8 |change = +7.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]] |votes = 47,759 |percentage = 42.7 |change = +17.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abu Bakar Siddique |votes = 6,071 |percentage = 5.4 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Maksudur Rahman |votes = 4,024 |percentage = 3.6 |change = -28.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdul Mannan |votes = 2,816 |percentage = 2.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Sahid Alam |votes = 604 |percentage = 0.5 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Abu Taher |votes = 193 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = BKSMA |candidate = Krisok Md. Sadak |votes = 169 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = A. Hadi Masud |votes = 58 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,340 |percentage = 2.1 |change = -2.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 111,793 |percentage = 66.2 |change = +18.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Bhola-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]] |votes = 36,465 |percentage = 37.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Naziur Rahman Manzur]] |votes = 31,644 |percentage = 32.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]] |votes = 24,922 |percentage = 25.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. F. M. Abdul Hamid |votes = 3,382 |percentage = 3.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdul Ohab Miah |votes = 322 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Ali Zinnah |votes = 277 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mahmudul Haq Kamal |votes = 216 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = BKSMA |candidate = Krisok Md. Sadak |votes = 213 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Shahajahan |votes = 179 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Jabbar Hauladar |votes = 141 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Monsur Helal |votes = 132 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP(M) |candidate = Md. Shahajahan |votes = 100 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,821 |percentage = 4.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 98,003 |percentage = 47.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
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