Barisal-1 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Barisal District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Barisal Division |
Electorate: | 258,034 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Members: | vacant |
Barisal-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Agailjhara and Gournadi upazilas.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Abul Hasanat Abdullah was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.