Pirojpur-1 Explained

Pirojpur-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Pirojpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:419,106 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:SM Rezaul Karim
Party:Awami League
Previous:Bakerganj-14

Pirojpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by SM Rezaul Karim of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nazirpur, Pirojpur Sadar, and Nesarabad upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-14 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission swapped Zianagar Upazila from Pirojpur-1 to Pirojpur-2, and Nesarabad Upazila from Pirojpur-2 to Pirojpur-1.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberParty
1986Mostafa Jamal HaiderJatiya Party
1991Sudhangshu Shekhar HaldarAwami League
February 1996Gazi Nuruzzaman BabulBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Delwar Hossain SayeediBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008AKMA AwalAwami League
2018SM Rezaul Karim

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

AKMA Awal was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

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