Jessore-6

Jessore-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJessore District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate229,163 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Member of ParliamentMd. Moktar Ali

Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh, Created in 1973, Since 13 February 2026, The newly elected member of Parliament is Md. Moktar Ali.

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

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Abul Islam Bangladesh Awami League
1979 A. M. Badrul Ala Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Abdul Halim Bangladesh Awami League
1988 Abdul Kader Jatiya Party (Ershad)
1991 Md. Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Feb 1996 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 ASHK Sadek Bangladesh Awami League
2008 S. K. Abdul Wahab
2014 Ismat Ara Sadique
2020 by-election Shahin Chakladar
2024 Md Azizul Islam Independent
2026 Md. Moktar Ali Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Jessore-6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat Md. Moktar Ali 92,234 52.31 +43.81
BNP Md. Abul Hossain Azad 80,141 45.44 +3.24
Majority 12,093 6.87 −88.43
Turnout 176,347 76.95 +44.45
Registered electors 229,163
Jamaat gain from Independent

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jessore-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

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jessore-6
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
General Election 2001: Jessore-6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ASHK Sadek 57,456 45.0 +10.0
Independent Md. Sakhawat Hossain 57,292 44.9 N/A
Jamaat 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

General Election June 1996: Jessore-6
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 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
General Election 1991: Jessore-6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat 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 gain from

References

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