{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Patuakhali-1 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = পটুয়াখালী-১.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Patuakhali District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Barisal Division]] |population = |electorate = 505,840 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Altaf Hossain Choudhury]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |abolished_label = |abolished = |next = |previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Barguna-2|110 Barguna-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Patuakhali-2|112 Patuakhali-2]] →}} }} '''Patuakhali-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[Altaf Hossain Chowdhury]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Dumki Upazila|Dumki]], [[Mirzaganj Upazila|Mirzaganj]] and [[Patuakhali Sadar Upazila|Patuakhali Sadar]] upazilas.<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded three [[union parishad]]s of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Auliapur, Kamalapur, and Lohalia.<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="maps" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Asmat Ali Sikder]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Akhtaruzzaman Alamgir]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Sardar Abdur Rashid]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mohammad Keramat Ali]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Altaf Hossain Chowdhury]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Shahjahan Mia]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Altaf Hossain Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Shahjahan Mia]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Shahjahan Mia]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2023 by-election |[[Afzal Hossain (Patuakhali politician)|Afzal Hossain]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] |[[Altaf Hossain Chowdhury]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Patuakhali-1<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b672124f34914b4e55e2b|website=VoteBD}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate= [[Altaf Hossain Choudhury]] |votes=152,087 |percentage=58.64 |change=+23.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Md Firoz Alam |votes=58,161 |percentage=22.43 |change=+16.73 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Amar Bangladesh Party |candidate=Md Abdul Wahab |votes=46,310 |percentage=17.85 |change=+17.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party= Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate= Gautam Chandra Shil |votes= 1,334 |percentage=0.51 |change=+0.51 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=A Manna Hawlader |votes=1,055 |percentage=0.41 |change=-67.99 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party= Gono Odhikar Parishad |candidate= Md. Shahidul |votes= 347 |percentage=0.13 |change=+0.13 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 93,926 |percentage = 36.2 |change = -1.7 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 259,294 |percentage = 51.3 |change = +28.5 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 505,840 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Patuakhali-1<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] |votes = 79,203 |percentage = 68.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Shafiqul Islam |votes = 35,582 |percentage = 30.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Habibur Rahman Shawkat |votes = 307 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 43,621 |percentage = 37.9 |change = +15.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 115,092 |percentage = 34.5 |change = -48.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Patuakhali-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shahjahan Mia]] |votes = 120,132 |percentage = 58.1 |change = +16.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Altaf Hossain Choudhury]] |votes = 73,017 |percentage = 35.3 |change = -14.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Abdur Rahman |votes = 11,804 |percentage = 5.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Hai |votes = 893 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Mutawakkil Billah |votes = 551 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Jahirul Alam |votes = 372 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 47,115 |percentage = 22.8 |change = +14.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 206,769 |percentage = 83.4 |change = +22.1 }} {{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]]: Patuakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Altaf Hossain Chowdhury]] |votes = 95,838 |percentage = 49.4 |change = +10.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shahjahan Mia]] |votes = 80,403 |percentage = 41.4 |change = -5.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Mohammad Keramat Ali]] |votes = 17,388 |percentage = 9.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Subhash Chand |votes = 348 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mohammad Ruhul Amin |votes = 197 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,435 |percentage = 7.9 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 194,174 |percentage = 61.3 |change = -0.7 }} {{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]]: Patuakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shahjahan Mia]] |votes = 63,951 |percentage = 47.3 |change = +1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohammad Keramat Ali]] |votes = 52,369 |percentage = 38.8 |change = -7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. A. Goni |votes = 10,328 |percentage = 7.6 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] |votes = 5,332 |percentage = 3.9 |change = +1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. Zabbar Azadi |votes = 2,043 |percentage = 1.5 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Abdul Aziz |votes = 331 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. Aziz Shing |votes = 329 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party |candidate = Razzak Mridha |votes = 294 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = J. M. Anisur Rahman |votes = 126 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,582 |percentage = 8.6 |change = +3.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 135,103 |percentage = 62.0 |change = +25.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Patuakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohammad Keramat Ali]] |votes = 51,278 |percentage = 46.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shahjahan Mia]] |votes = 45,006 |percentage = 40.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = A. F. Md. Shahjahan |votes = 3,070 |percentage = 2.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = A. K. M. Ashikur Rahman |votes = 2,756 |percentage = 2.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Sardar Abdur Rashid]] |votes = 2,468 |percentage = 2.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = S. K. Zabbar Azadi |votes = 2,383 |percentage = 2.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Oikkya Front |candidate = Abdur Razzak Chowdhury |votes = 2,324 |percentage = 2.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. Bari |votes = 805 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Aziz Mollik |votes = 775 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Habibur Rahman Shawkat |votes = 557 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) |candidate = Md. Selim Talukdar |votes = 131 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,272 |percentage = 5.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 111,553 |percentage = 36.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Patuakhali-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Patuakhali-1&d=barishal |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 |format=PDF |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 |format=PDF |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="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</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 |title=Patuakhali-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=111 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224090859/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=111 |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=111&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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=113 |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/20081229000419/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=113 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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