| Jessore-6 | |
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| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Jessore District |
| Division | Khulna Division |
| Electorate | 193,570 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Party | Independent |
| Member(s) | Md Azizul Islam |
Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md Azizul Islam of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Keshabpur Upazila.[2]
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 parishadofManirampur Upazila: Manoharpur.[2][5][6]
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| Rangpur Division (Seat:1– 33) | |
| Rajshahi Division (Seat:34– 72) | |
| Khulna Division (Seat:73– 108) | |
| Barisal Division (Seat:109– 129) | |
| Mymensingh Division (Seat:130– 167) |
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| Dhaka Division (Seat:168– 223) |
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| Sylhet Division (Seat:224– 242) |
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| Chittagong Division (Seat:243– 300) |
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| Defunct constituencies |
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