Jessore-6 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 B ...

(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 2020 by Shahin Chakladar of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Keshabpur Upazila Keshabpur ( bn, কেশবপুর) is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Keshabpur is located at . It has 37,513 individual households and a total area of 258.53 km2. The distance from Jessore ...

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 redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populatio ...

. 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 included

Abhaynagar Upazila Abhaynagar ( bn, অভয়নগর) is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. History During the Bangladesh Liberation war, staff of the Noapara Railway Station were killed by members of Pakistan Army on 27 Marc ...

and 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 ...

Manirampur Upazila Manirampur Upazila ( bn, মণিরামপুর) is an upazila of Jashore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Jashore Sadar Upazila on the north, Kalaroa and Jhikargachha upazilas on the west, Abhaynagar Upa ...

: Manoharpur.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Jashore District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub