Khulna-1

Khulna-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Khulna District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	259,420 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Panchanan Biswas

Khulna-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Panchanan Biswas of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Batiaghata and Dacope 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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Paikgachha Upazila: Deluti. ^{[3] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. A. Khair	Awami League [7]
	1979	Syed Mojahidur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Sheikh Harunur Rashid	Awami League [9]
	1988	Sheikh Abul Hossain	Jatiya Party [10]
	1991	Sheikh Harunur Rashid	Awami League
	February 1996	Prafulla Kumar Mandal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [11]
	Sep 1996 by-election	Panchanan Biswas	Awami League
	2008	Nani Gopal Mandal	Awami League
	2014	Panchanan Biswas	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Khulna-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Panchanan Biswas	66,904	64.9	+3.1
	Independent	Nani Gopal Mandal	34,527	33.5	N/A
	JP(E)	Sunil Shubha Ray	1,682	1.6	N/A
Majority			32,377	31.4	+4.6
Turnout			103,113	44.8	-44.9
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Khulna-1 ^{[2] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nani Gopal Mandal	120,801	61.8	+9.9
	BNP	Amir Ezaz Khan	68,420	35.0	+3.6
	IAB	Md. Abu Shaid	5,746	2.9	N/A
	National People's Party	Sheikh Md. Jakir Hossen	412	0.2	N/A
Majority			52,381	26.8	+6.3
Turnout			195,379	89.7	+5.5
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Khulna-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Panchanan Biswas	78,552	51.9
	BNP	Amir Ezaz Khan	47,523	31.4
	CPB	Acinta Kumar Biswas	18,512	12.2
	IJOF	Sheikh Abul Hossain	6,560	4.3
	Independent	Sheikh Asaduzzaman Jalal	111	0.1
Majority			31,029	20.5
Turnout			151,258	84.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election: Bagerhat-1, Khulna-1, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. ^{[15] [16] [17]} Panchanan Biswas was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^[18]

General Election June 1996: Khulna-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	62,247	53.5	+5.8
	CPB	Acinta Kumar Biswas	19,398	16.7	-6.3
	BNP	Profullah Kumar Mandal	11,910	10.2	-4.9
	Independent	Md. Ismail Hossain	11,250	9.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Binoy Krisna Roy	8,048	6.9	-0.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sheikh Md. Abu Yusuf	2,308	2.0	N/A
	IOJ	Ataur Rahman Atiq	775	0.7	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	S. N. Masum	260	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	K. M. Idris Ali	165	0.1	-0.1
	Independent	Md. Akram Sheikh	65	0.1	N/A
Majority			42,849	36.8	+12.2
Turnout			116,426	80.4	+14.1
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Khulna-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Harunur Rashid	44,812	47.7
	CPB	Acinta Kumar Biswas	21,688	23.0
	BNP	M. Nurul Islam	14,203	15.1
	JP(E)	Binoy Krisna Roy	7,161	7.6
	Independent	Akram Hashem Sheikh	4,866	5.2
	Independent	A. U. Ahmmad	720	0.8
	Zaker Party	Md. Lutfor Rahman	195	0.2
	Independent	Somor Kanti Haldar	156	0.2
	JSD (S)	Nuruzzaman Sheikh	128	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Molla Lutfor Rahman	95	0.1
Majority			23,144	24.6
Turnout			94,004	66.3
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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