Bhola-1

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 Barrister Andaleeve Rahman

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of Bhola Sadar Upazila, integrating the area within a single administrative and electoral boundary.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-1 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
	1986	Naziur Rahman Manzur	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	1991	Tofail Ahmed	Bangladesh Awami League
	Feb 1996	Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996	Vacant
	2001	Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Andaleeve Rahman Partho	Bangladesh Jatiya Party
	2014	Tofail Ahmed	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024
	2026	Andaleeve Rahman Partho	Bangladesh Jatiya Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Andaleeve Rahman	105,543	49.51	−3.69
	Jamaat	Md. Nazrul Islam	75,337	35.33	+29.93
	IAB	Obaidur Rahman	25,245	11.84	+9.74
Majority	30,206	14.18	−77.03
Turnout	213,201	52.43	−31.60
Registered electors	406,567
	BJP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofael Ahmed	245,409	94.20	+50.3
	IAB	Mawlana Mohammad Yasin	7,801	2.99	N/A
	BNP	Golam Nabi Alamgir	7,299	2.80	N/A
Majority	237,608	91.21	+81.9
Turnout	260,509	84.03	+6.6
Registered electors	310,048
	AL hold

Tofail Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Andaleeve Rahman	95,158	53.2	−8.9
	AL	Yusuf Hossain Humayun	78,489	43.9	+6.4
	IAB	Md. Anisul Haque	3,698	2.1	N/A
	BDB	Abu Azam Khan	724	0.4	N/A
	Gano Front	Krisok Md. Sadak	484	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Tapon Kumar Chakraborty	204	0.1	N/A
Majority	16,669	9.3	−15.2
Turnout	178,757	77.4	+16.2
	BJP gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	95,904	62.1	+19.4
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	58,010	37.5	−7.3
	JSD	Md. Nasir Uddin	313	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA	Krisok Md. Sadaq	173	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Humayun Kabir	136	0.1	N/A
Majority	37,894	24.5	+22.4
Turnout	154,536	61.2	−5.0
	BNP gain from AL

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. The High Court, however, stayed the by-election, and the seat remained vacant for the entire tenure of the seventh parliament.

General Election June 1996: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	50,099	44.8	+7.6
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	47,759	42.7	+17.3
	Jamaat	Abu Bakar Siddique	6,071	5.4	+1.9
	JP(E)	Maksudur Rahman	4,024	3.6	−28.7
	IOJ	Abdul Mannan	2,816	2.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Sahid Alam	604	0.5	+0.2
	Gano Forum	Abu Taher	193	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA	Krisok Md. Sadak	169	0.1	N/A
	FP	A. Hadi Masud	58	0.1	N/A
Majority	2,340	2.1	−2.8
Turnout	111,793	66.2	+18.5
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Bhola-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	36,465	37.2
	JP(E)	Naziur Rahman Manzur	31,644	32.3
	BNP	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	24,922	25.4
	Jamaat	A. F. M. Abdul Hamid	3,382	3.5
	Zaker Party	Abdul Ohab Miah	322	0.3
	Independent	Md. Ali Zinnah	277	0.3
	Independent	Mahmudul Haq Kamal	216	0.3
	BKSMA	Krisok Md. Sadak	213	0.2
	JSD	Md. Shahajahan	179	0.2
	Independent	Abdul Jabbar Hauladar	141	0.1
	Independent	Monsur Helal	132	0.1
	NAP(M)	Md. Shahajahan	100	0.1
Majority	4,821	4.9
Turnout	98,003	47.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

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