Bangladesh · electoral area 127

Jhalokathi-1

Parliamentary election results for 1991, 1996 and 2001, with candidate votes and constituency totals.

Historical data. These results describe past elections, not current officeholders. The 2001 totals have been compared with the Bangladesh Election Commission’s report; independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

1991 election

11 candidates

Candidate results for Jhalokathi-1 in 1991
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Md. Shahjahan Omar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	33,544	48.36
2	Abdul Kuddus	Bangladesh Awami League	16,357	23.58
3	Nurul Islam Sikder	Independent	12,008	17.31
4	Md. Ali Hossain	Islami Oikya Jote	3,077	4.44
5	Mau. Mozammel Hossain	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	1,860	2.68
6	Haider Miah	Bangladesh Janata Party	1,698	2.45
7	Abdus Sobhan	Jaker Party	241	0.35
8	M A Hannan	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Inu)	219	0.32
9	Mozammel Hossain	Independent	168	0.24
10	Sohrab Hossain	Freedom Party	123	0.18
11	Golam Kabir Tang.	Independent	65	0.09

Valid votes: 69,360
Invalid votes: Not recorded
Votes cast: Not recorded
Total voters: 160,683

1996 election

9 candidates

Candidate results for Jhalokathi-1 in 1996
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Anwar Hossain	Jatiya Party	27,812	33.89
2	Md. Shahjahan Umor Bir Uttam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	26,017	31.7
3	Amir Hossain Amu	Bangladesh Awami League	23,792	28.99
4	Moulana Nurul Muda	Islami Oikya Jote	2,964	3.61
5	Moulana Md. Muzzamel Hossain	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	925	1.13
6	Shoahrab Hossain	Freedom Party	174	0.21
7	Kabir Sikdar	Jaker Party	174	0.21
8	S.K. Jasim Uddin	Quran Dorshon Sangshta Bangladesh	137	0.17
9	Kabiruzzaman Mia	Gono Forum	76	0.09

Valid votes: 82,071
Invalid votes: 891
Votes cast: 82,962
Total voters: 112,538

2001 election

9 candidates

Candidate results for Jhalokathi-1 in 2001
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Muhammad Shahjahan Omar Bir Uttam Barrister	Bangladesh Nationalist Party & Alliance	54,513	52.85
2	Anowar Hossain Monju	Jatiya Party (Monju)	21,609	20.95
3	B. H. Haroon	Bangladesh Awami League	20,413	19.79
4	Mian Masud Zakaria	Islami Jatiyo Oikya Front	6,168	5.98
5	S. K. Jasim Uddin	Quran Darsan Sangstha Bangladesh	161	0.16
6	Moniruzzaman Golder	Independent (Football)	90	0.09
7	Sohrab Hossain	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	86	0.08
8	Sikder Md. Kajal	Independent (Clock)	60	0.06
9	Md. A. Satter Hawlader	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	46	0.04

Valid votes: 103,146
Invalid votes: 612
Votes cast: 103,758
Total voters: 161,018

Verification

The four 2001 vote totals match the Bangladesh Election Commission’s 2001 statistical report. The first-ranked candidate’s vote count was also checked. Independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

Some vote totals are unavailable for this constituency; they appear as “Not recorded.”