Khulna-6

Khulna-6
Khulna-6
Constituency; for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Khulna District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	366,239 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1973
	← 103 Khulna-5 105 Satkhira-1 →

Khulna-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Akhteruzzaman Babu of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Koyra and Paikgachha upazilas.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded one union parishad of Paikgachha Upazila: Deluti.^[3]^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. A. Bari	Awami League^[7]
	1979	Khan A. Sabur	Muslim League^[8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Momen Uddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party^[9]^[10]
	1988	Jahurul Haque Sardar	Jatiya Party^[9]^[10]
	1991	Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus	Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque	Awami League
	2001	Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus	Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Sohorab Ali Sana	Awami League^[1]
	2014	Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque
	2018	Akhteruzzaman Babu
	2024	Md. Rashiduzzaman

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Khulna-6^[2]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sohorab Ali Sana	131,121	52.3	+12.6
	JI	Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus	116,161	46.3	−10.6
	IAB	AKM Rezaul Karim	3,195	1.3	N/A
	BDB	Nepal Krishna Das	357	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,960	6.0	−11.2
Turnout			250,834	89.1	+1.1
	AL gain from JI

General Election 2001: Khulna-6^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus	127,874	56.9	+28.6
	AL	Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque	89,312	39.7	+1.6
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Azizur Rahman Khan	5,170	2.3	N/A
	IJOF	G. M. Abdul Hamid	1,524	0.7	N/A
	CPB	Sheikh Abdul Hannan	906	0.4	−1.2
Majority			38,562	17.2	+7.4
Turnout			224,786	88.0	+5.1
	JI gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Khulna-6^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque	66,033	38.1	−1.9
	JI	Shah Md. Ruhul Kuddus	49,023	28.3	−12.2
	JP(E)	SM Babar Ali	38,467	22.2	+8.4
	BNP	G. A. Sabur	16,835	9.7	+5.1
	CPB	Md. Abdur Rashiduzzaman Moril	2,743	1.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdus Sattar Mollah	238	0.1	−0.1
Majority			17,010	9.8	+9.3
Turnout			173,339	82.9	+14.6
	AL gain from JI

General Election 1991: Khulna-6^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JI	Shah Md. Ruhul Quddus	58,369	40.5
	AL	Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque	57,669	40.0
	JP(E)	Kisumatul Kagaji	19,856	13.8
	BNP	Moin Uddin Sarkar	6,602	4.6
	Independent	Md. M. Akbar Hossain Gazi	1,063	0.7
	Zaker Party	M. A. Sattar	268	0.2
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Bilob Kanti Mondol	257	0.2
Majority			700	0.5
Turnout			144,084	68.3
	JI gain from

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