{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Khulna-6 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = খুলনা-৬.svg | image_size = 150px | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Khulna District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 423,331 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = Md. Abul Kalam Azad | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Khulna-5|103 Khulna-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Satkhira-1|105 Satkhira-1]] →}} }} '''Khulna-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Koyra Upazila|Koyra]] and [[Paikgachha Upazila|Paikgachha]] upazilas, integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><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 expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded one [[union parishad]] of Paikgachha Upazila: Deluti.<ref name="ecs" /><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]] |[[M. A. Bari (Khulna-6 politician)|M. A. Bari]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Muslim League}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Khan A. Sabur]] | [[Bangladesh Muslim League]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Momen Uddin Ahmed]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Jahurul Haque Sardar]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Sohorab Ali Sana]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Akhteruzzaman Babu]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Md. Rashiduzzaman]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | Md. Abul Kalam Azad | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Khulna-6<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b672124f34914b4e55e2b|website=VoteBD}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Abul Kalam Azad |votes=150,724 |percentage=52.90 |change=+6.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=S M Monirul Hasan |votes=124,710 |percentage=43.77 |change=N/A }} {{Election box majority| |votes=26,014 |percentage=9.13 |change=+3.13 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=284,970 |percentage=67.3 |change=-21.8 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 423,331 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Khulna-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sohorab Ali Sana]] |votes = 131,121 |percentage = 52.3 |change = +12.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus]] |votes = 116,161 |percentage = 46.3 |change = -10.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = AKM Rezaul Karim |votes = 3,195 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Nepal Krishna Das |votes = 357 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 14,960 |percentage = 6.0 |change = -11.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 250,834 |percentage = 89.1 |change = +1.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Khulna-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus]] |votes = 127,874 |percentage = 56.9 |change = +28.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque]] |votes = 89,312 |percentage = 39.7 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Azizur Rahman Khan |votes = 5,170 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = G. M. Abdul Hamid |votes = 1,524 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Sheikh Abdul Hannan |votes = 906 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -1.2 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 38,562 |percentage = 17.2 |change = +7.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 224,786 |percentage = 88.0 |change = +5.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Khulna-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque]] |votes = 66,033 |percentage = 38.1 |change = -1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Shah Md. Ruhul Kuddus]] |votes = 49,023 |percentage = 28.3 |change = -12.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = SM Babar Ali |votes = 38,467 |percentage = 22.2 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = G. A. Sabur |votes = 16,835 |percentage = 9.7 |change = +5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdur Rashiduzzaman Moril |votes = 2,743 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdus Sattar Mollah |votes = 238 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 17,010 |percentage = 9.8 |change = +9.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 173,339 |percentage = 82.9 |change = +14.6 }} {{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]]: Khulna-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus]] |votes = 58,369 |percentage = 40.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque]] |votes = 57,669 |percentage = 40.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Kisumatul Kagaji |votes = 19,856 |percentage = 13.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Moin Uddin Sarkar |votes = 6,602 |percentage = 4.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. M. Akbar Hossain Gazi |votes = 1,063 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = M. A. Sattar |votes = 268 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Bilob Kanti Mondol |votes = 257 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 700 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 144,084 |percentage = 68.3 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Khulna-6 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Khulna-6&d=khulna |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <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 |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=101&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=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714113549/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=101&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=104 |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/20081228235844/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=104 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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