Barisal-1 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
(National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
since 2014 by
Abul Hasanat Abdullah
Abul Hasanat Abdullah (born 10 December 1944) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for constituency Barisal-1.
Career
Abdullah was elected Upazila Chairman in Barisal in 1973.
In 1975, his father, Abdur Rab Serni ...
of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Agailjhara and
Gournadi
Gournadi is a town and paurashava situated in the Barisal district, south-central Bangladesh.
See also
* Gournadi Upazila
Gournadi ( bn, গৌরনদী) is an administrative unit of Barishal District in the Division of Barishal, Banglades ...
upazilas.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Abul Hasanat Abdullah was elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Barishal District
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