Jessore-6
Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md Azizul Islam of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Keshabpur Upazila.
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. 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 and one union parishad of Manirampur Upazila: Manoharpur.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Abul Islam | Awami League | |
| 1979 | A. M. Badrul Ala | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Abdul Halim | Awami League | |
| 1988 | Abdul Kader | ||
| 1991 | Md. Shakhawat Hossain | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| February 1996 | Md. Shakhawat Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| June 1996 | ASHK Sadek | Awami League | |
| 2008 | S. K. Abdul Wahab | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Ismat Ara Sadek | Awami League | |
| Jul 2020 by-election | Shahin Chakladar | Awami League | |
| 2024 | Md Azizul Islam | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| 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
| 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 | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| 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 | ||||||