Jessore-6
Jessore-6 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Jessore District |
Division | Khulna Division |
Electorate | 193,570 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Keshabpur Upazila.[2]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included Abhaynagar Upazila and one union parishad of Manirampur Upazila: Manoharpur.[2][5][6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Abul Islam | Awami League[7] | |
1979 | A. M. Badrul Ala | BNP[8] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Abdul Halim | Awami League[9] | |
1988 | Abdul Kader | Jatiya Party[10] | |
1991 | Md. Shakhawat Hossain | Jamaat-e-Islami | |
Feb 1996 | BNP | ||
Jun 1996 | ASHK Sadek | Awami League[11] | |
2008 | S. K. Abdul Wahab | ||
2014 | Ismat Ara Sadique | ||
2020 by-election | Shahin Chakladar | ||
2024 | Md Azizul Islam | Independent[12] |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Ismat Ara Sadek | 55,270 | 97.7 | +40.1 | |
BNF | Prashanta Biswas | 1,328 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 53,942 | 95.3 | +79.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,598 | 32.5 | −58.5 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | S. K. Abdul Wahab | 166,994 | 57.6 | +12.6 | |
BNP | Md. Abul Hossain Azad | 122,267 | 42.2 | N/A | |
PDP | Quazi Shafiqul Islam | 495 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 44,727 | 15.4 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 289,756 | 91.0 | +1.0 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | ASHK Sadek | 57,456 | 45.0 | +10.0 | |
Independent | Md. Sakhawat Hossain | 57,292 | 44.9 | N/A | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Gazi Enamul Haq | 10,790 | 8.5 | −7.8 | |
IJOF | G. M. Ershad | 1,671 | 1.3 | N/A | |
WPB | Abu Bakar Siddiqi | 169 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Abdul Halim | 164 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Furkan Ahmad | 135 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 164 | 0.1 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 127,677 | 90.0 | +4.9 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | ASHK Sadek | 35,293 | 35.0 | −1.8 | ||
BNP | Md. Shakhawat Hossain | 30,609 | 30.4 | +19.5 | ||
JP(E) | G. M. Ershad | 18,180 | 18.1 | +16.9 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Moktar Ali | 16,390 | 16.3 | −31.0 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Jahangir Kabir | 248 | 0.3 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 4.684 | 4.7 | −5.8 | |||
Turnout | 100,720 | 85.1 | +10.6 | |||
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Shakhawat Hossain | 39,119 | 47.3 | |||
AL | A. Halim | 30,418 | 36.8 | |||
BNP | Shamsul Arefin Khan | 8,977 | 10.9 | |||
Independent | Deen Mohammad | 2,934 | 3.5 | |||
JP(E) | Abdul Kader Munshi | 1,001 | 1.2 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Golam Mostafa | 152 | 0.2 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. Latif Morol | 78 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 8,701 | 10.5 | ||||
Turnout | 82,679 | 74.5 | ||||
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jashore-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Shahdara Mannan wins Bogura-1 by-election". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ "যশোর-৬, আসন নং: ৯০" (in Bengali). somoynews.tv. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Jessore-6". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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