Ahead of the 13th National Parliament elections, the Election Commission (EC) has finalised the boundaries of the 300 parliamentary constituencies. Under this, Gazipur’s seat allocation has increased from 5 to 6 seats, while Bagerhat has gone from 4 to 3 seats.
Additionally, changes have been made to the boundaries of a total of 42 parliamentary constituencies, including 8 in Dhaka. The upcoming national parliamentary elections will be held under these new boundaries.
On Thursday, the gazette notification finalizing the boundaries, signed by EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, was published.
The 42 constituencies whose boundaries have been changed are:
Panchagarh-1 (Panchagarh Sadar and Tetulia upazilas, and Atwari upazila excluding part of Boda Municipality); Panchagarh-2 (Unions of Boda upazila, Boda Municipality, and Debiganj upazila); Rangpur-1 (Gangachara upazila and Wards 1-9 of Rangpur City Corporation); Rangpur-3 (Rangpur Sadar upazila, Rangpur City Corporation excluding Wards 1-9, and Rangpur Cantonment area); Sirajganj-1 (Kazipur upazila and Mechra, Ratanandi, Bagbati, and Chonkachha unions of Sirajganj Sadar upazila); Sirajganj-2 (Bahuli, Sialkol, Khokshabari, Kawakola, Kalaharipur, and Soyadabad unions of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, Sirajganj Municipality, and Kamarkhand upazila); Satkhira-2 (Satkhira Sadar and Debhata upazilas); Satkhira-3 (Kaliganj and Assasuni upazilas); Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar upazila); Shariatpur-2 (Naria upazila and unions of Bhedarganj upazila [Sakhipur Thana: Arshinagar, Kachikata, Char Kumaria, Char Bhaga, Char Senchhas, Uttar Tarabunia, Dakshin Tarabunia, DM Khali, and Sakhipur unions]); Shariatpur-3 (Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas, and Chhaygaon, Narayanpur, Mohishar, and Ramvadrapur unions of Bhedarganj upazila and Bhedarganj Municipality); Dhaka-2 (Taranagar, Kalatia, Hazratpur, Ruhitpur, Shakta, Kalindi, and Bhasta unions of Keraniganj upazila, and Aminbazar, Tetuljora, and Varkuta unions of Savar upazila); Dhaka-3 (Zinjira, Aganagar, Tegharia, Konda, and Shubhaddya unions of Keraniganj upazila); Dhaka-4 (Wards 47 and 51-54, and 58-61 of Dhaka South City); Dhaka-5 (Wards 48, 49, 50, and 62-70 of Dhaka South City); Dhaka-7 (Wards 23-33, 35, 36, 56, and 57 of Dhaka South City Corporation); Dhaka-10 (Wards 14-18, 22, and 55 of Dhaka South City Corporation); Dhaka-14 (Wards 7-12 of Dhaka North City, and Kaundia and Bongao unions of Savar upazila); Dhaka-19 (Shimulia, Dhammasona, Yearpur, Ashulia, Birulia, Pathalia, and Savar unions of Savar upazila, Savar Municipality, and Savar Cantonment area); Gazipur-1 (Kaliakair upazila and Wards 7-12 of Gazipur City); Gazipur-2 (Wards 1-6 and 13-31 of Gazipur City, and Bariya union of Gazipur Sadar upazila); Gazipur-3 (Sreepur upazila and Mirzapur, Bhaoyal Garh, and Pirujali unions of Gazipur Sadar upazila, and Gazipur Cantonment); Gazipur-5 (Kaliganj upazila and Wards 40-42 of Gazipur City Corporation); Gazipur-6 (Wards 32-39 and 43-57 of Gazipur City); Narayanganj-3 (Sonargaon and Siddhirganj thanas [Wards 1-10 of Narayanganj City Corporation]); Narayanganj-4 (Fatulla, Enayetpur, Baktabali, Kashimpur, Kutubpur, Gognagar, and Alirtek unions of Narayanganj Sadar upazila); Narayanganj-5 (Wards 11-27 of Narayanganj City and Bandar upazila); Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail and Ashuganj upazilas, and Budhanti and Chandua unions of Bijoynagar upazila); Brahmanbaria-3 (Brahmanbaria Sadar and Ichapur, Champanagar, Pottan, Dakshin Singarbil, Bishnupur, Char Islampur, Paharpur, and Harshapur unions of Bijoynagar upazila); Cumilla-1 (Daudkandi and Meghna upazilas); Cumilla-2 (Homna and Titas upazilas); Cumilla-6 (Cumilla Adarsha Sadar, City Corporation, Cumilla Cantonment, and Cumilla Sadar Dakshin upazila); Cumilla-10 (Nangalkot and Lalmai upazilas); Noakhali-1 (Chatkhil upazila and Jayag, Nadna, Chashirhat, Bajra, Sonapur, Dewati, and Amishapara unions of Sonaimuri upazila, and Sonaimuri Municipality); Noakhali-2 (Senbagh upazila, and Bargawan, Nateshwar, and Ambar Nagar unions of Sonaimuri upazila); Noakhali-4 (Subarnachar upazila and Char Matua, Dadpur, Noannai, Kadir Hanif, Binodpur, Noakhali, Dharmapur, Aojbalia, Kaladara, Purba Char Matua, and Underchar unions of Noakhali Sadar upazila, Noakhali Municipality); Noakhali-5 (Kabirhat and Companiganj upazilas, and Ashwadia and Neyazpur unions of Noakhali Sadar upazila); Chattogram-7 (Rangunia upazila); Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali upazila and Wards 3-7 of Chattogram City); Bagerhat-1 (Bagerhat Sadar, Mollahat, and Chitalmari upazilas); Bagerhat-2 (Fakirhat, Rampal, and Mongla upazilas); and Bagerhat-3 (Kachua, Morelganj, and Sharankhola upazilas).
On July 30, the EC published the draft of the 300 constituencies, proposing changes to the boundaries of 39 constituencies. The draft had proposed increasing one seat in Gazipur and reducing one seat in Bagerhat.
The deadline for submitting claims and objections to the draft was August 10. From August 24 to 27, the commission held four consecutive days of hearings on claims, objections, and applications regarding the proposed constituency boundaries. After the hearings, the EC Secretary stated that a total of 1,893 objections and recommendation applications had been received.
