{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Jessore-6 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = যশোর-৬.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Jessore District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 229,163 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = [[Md. Moktar Ali]] | seats = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Jessore-5|89 Jessore-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Magura-1|91 Magura-1]] →}} }} '''Jessore-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]], Created in 1973, Since 13th February, 2026, The newly elected member of Parliament is [[Md. Moktar Ali]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Keshabpur Upazila]].<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|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.<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="maps" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Abul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] |[[A. M. Badrul Ala]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Abdul Halim (Jessore politician)|Abdul Halim]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Abdul Kader (politician)|Abdul Kader]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | rowspan="2" | [[Md. Shakhawat Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[ASHK Sadek]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shahdara Mannan wins Bogura-1 by-election|url=https://risingbd.com/english/Shahdara-Mannan-wins-Bogura-1-by-election/72438|access-date=2020-07-15|website=Risingbd.com}}</ref> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[S. K. Abdul Wahab]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Ismat Ara Sadique]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2020 by-election |[[Shahin Chakladar]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Md Azizul Islam]] |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>{{cite web |title=যশোর-৬, আসন নং: ৯০ |url=https://election.somoynews.tv/seat/90 |accessdate=2 February 2024 |publisher=somoynews.tv |language=bn}}</ref> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Md. Moktar Ali]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Jessore-6}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Md. Moktar Ali]] |votes = 92,234 |percentage = 52.31 |change = +43.81 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Abul Hossain Azad |votes = 80,141 |percentage = 45.44 |change = +3.24 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 12,093 |percentage = 6.87 |change = -88.43 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 176,347 |percentage = 76.95 |change = +44.45 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 229,163 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Independent politician }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Jessore-6<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ismat Ara Sadek]] |votes = 55,270 |percentage = 97.7 |change = +40.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Front |candidate = Prashanta Biswas |votes = 1,328 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 53,942 |percentage = 95.3 |change = +79.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 56,598 |percentage = 32.5 |change = -58.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Jessore-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[S. K. Abdul Wahab]] |votes = 166,994 |percentage = 57.6 |change = +12.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Abul Hossain Azad |votes = 122,267 |percentage = 42.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Progressive Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Quazi Shafiqul Islam |votes = 495 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 44,727 |percentage = 15.4 |change = +15.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 289,756 |percentage = 91.0 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Jessore-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[ASHK Sadek]] |votes = 57,456 |percentage = 45.0 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Md. Sakhawat Hossain]] |votes = 57,292 |percentage = 44.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Gazi Enamul Haq |votes = 10,790 |percentage = 8.5 |change = -7.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = G. M. Ershad |votes = 1,671 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abu Bakar Siddiqi |votes = 169 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Abdul Halim (Jessore politician)|Abdul Halim]] |votes = 164 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Furkan Ahmad |votes = 135 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 164 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -4.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 127,677 |percentage = 90.0 |change = +4.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Jessore-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[ASHK Sadek]] |votes = 35,293 |percentage = 35.0 |change = -1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Shakhawat Hossain]] |votes = 30,609 |percentage = 30.4 |change = +19.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = G. M. Ershad |votes = 18,180 |percentage = 18.1 |change = +16.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Moktar Ali |votes = 16,390 |percentage = 16.3 |change = -31.0 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Jahangir Kabir |votes = 248 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4.684 |percentage = 4.7 |change = -5.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 100,720 |percentage = 85.1 |change = +10.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Jessore-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Md. Shakhawat Hossain]] |votes = 39,119 |percentage = 47.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = A. Halim |votes = 30,418 |percentage = 36.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Shamsul Arefin Khan |votes = 8,977 |percentage = 10.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Deen Mohammad |votes = 2,934 |percentage = 3.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Abdul Kader Munshi |votes = 1,001 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Golam Mostafa |votes = 152 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = A. Latif Morol |votes = 78 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,701 |percentage = 10.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 82,679 |percentage = 74.5 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== <references>
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Jessore-6 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=90 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071428/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=90 |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184342/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=90 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229003022/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=90 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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