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Khulna Division

Jhenaidah district

4 parliamentary seats · 6 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.

Seats4
Upazilas6
Parties2

About Jhenaidah district

Jhenaidah District is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. Part of the Khulna Division, the district has an area of 1,964.77 km2. It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal to the south, Rajbari District and Magura District to the east, and Chuadanga District and West Bengal to the west. The largest city and headquarters of this district is Jhenaidah. At the beginning of the British rule, Jhenaidah was a police outpost and was turned into a thana in 1793. The Jhenaidah sub-division was established in 1862.

People

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Jhenaidah District had 519,295 households and a population of 2,005,849 with an average of 3.82 people per household. Among the population, 336,231 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,021 people per km2.

Source: Wikipedia, Jhenaidah District · CC BY-SA 4.0

Notable people of Jhenaidah

  • Abul Hasan Jashori · Islamic scholar and a freedom fighter
  • Abdul Hyee · a member of parliament and a freedom fighter
  • Golam Mostofa · Bengali writer and poet
  • Pagla Kanai · a Bengali mystic folk singer, baul and philosopher
  • Jamal Nazrul Islam · mathematical physicist and cosmologist

Map of the district

Jhenaidah district

Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 4 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.

Seats and their members

Jhenaidah is a district in Khulna division with 4 seats in Parliament: Jhenaidah-1 (Shailkupa upazila), Jhenaidah-2, Jhenaidah-3 (Kotchandpur and Maheshpur upazilas) and Jhenaidah-4. In the 13th Parliament, of these seats Jamaat-e-Islami holds 3 and the BNP 1. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 3 and an independent 1.

Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026

Where the information comes from

Members, seats, committees and sessions come from the Parliament of Bangladesh website; voter numbers from the Election Commission, and the Cabinet from the Cabinet Division. The sources of election results and biographies are given separately on each page.

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How often it is updated

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