{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Jessore-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = যশোর-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Jessore District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 263,500 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament |members = [[Maulana Azizur Rahman]] | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Jhenaidah-4|84 Jhenaidah-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Jessore-2|86 Jessore-2]] →}} }} '''Jessore-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Sharsha Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Kazi Khademul Islam]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Md. Golam Mustafa]] | [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal|JaSaD]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Noor Hussain]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[K. M. Nazrul Islam]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Tabibar Rahman Sarder]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | [[Mofiqul Hasan Tripti]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-186882|title=Ex-MP Tripti held with his licensed revolver|date=2011-05-23|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Tabibar Rahman Sarder]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Ali Kadar]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Sheikh Afil Uddin]] | [[Awami League]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Sheikh Afil Uddin was re-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]]: Jessore-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Afil Uddin]] |votes = 94,556 |percentage = 51.5 |change = +5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Azizur Rahman |votes = 88,700 |percentage = 48.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Noor Hussain]] |votes = 178 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,856 |percentage = 3.2 |change = -4.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 183,434 |percentage = 92.9 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Jessore-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ali Kadar]] |votes = 86,583 |percentage = 53.5 |change = +20.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Afil Uddin]] |votes = 74,254 |percentage = 45.9 |change = +8.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[K. M. Nazrul Islam]] |votes = 684 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mafiqul Hasan Tripti |votes = 225 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Taherjul Islam |votes = 64 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,329 |percentage = 7.6 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 161,810 |percentage = 88.8 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Jessore-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tabibar Rahman Sarder]] |votes = 46,114 |percentage = 37.4 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ali Kadar]] |votes = 40,633 |percentage = 33.0 |change = +12.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Noor Hussain]] |votes = 32,294 |percentage = 26.2 |change = -7.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. A. Kadar |votes = 2,609 |percentage = 2.1 |change = -5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdus Samad |votes = 1,122 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Imamur Rahman |votes = 395 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,481 |percentage = 4.5 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 123,167 |percentage = 85.7 |change = +11.4 }} {{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]]: Jessore-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tabibar Rahman Sarder]] |votes = 36,747 |percentage = 37.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Noor Hussain]] |votes = 33,018 |percentage = 33.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ali Kadar]] |votes = 20,618 |percentage = 21.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Abdul Mannan |votes = 7,361 |percentage = 7.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Mofazzel Hossain Babul |votes = 390 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,729 |percentage = 3.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 98,134 |percentage = 74.3 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Jashore-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jashore-1&d=khulna |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025402/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184342/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=85 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229003022/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=85 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}
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