Khulna-1 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
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since 2008 by
Panchanan Biswas of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
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*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Batiaghata and
Dacope upazilas.
History
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
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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
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.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
of
Paikgachha Upazila: Deluti.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election:
Bagerhat-1
Bagerhat-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2009 by Sheikh Helal Uddin of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Chitalmari, Fakirhat, and Mollahat upazilas.
...
, Khulna-1, and
Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.
Panchanan Biswas was elected in a September 1996 by-election.
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Khulna District
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