Meherpur district
2 parliamentary seats · 3 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Meherpur district
Meherpur District is a northwestern district of Khulna Division in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by West Bengal, India in the west, and by the Bangladeshi districts of Kushtia and Chuadanga to the east. Pre-independence Meherpur was a subdivision of Nadia district including. The district has an area of 716.08 square kilometres.
History
According to the district website, the district is conjecturally named after the 16th century dervish Meher Ali Shah. The Provisional Government of Bangladesh was formed and solemnly sworn in Meherpur's Baidyanathtala village, on 17 April 1971 under the leadership of Tajuddin Ahmed and Syed Nazrul Islam. The entire proclamation ceremony was organised by local leaders under the supervision of Momeen Chowdhury and MM Rustom Ali. Meherpur became a district in 1983 under CMLA Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization programme.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Meherpur District had 195,322 households and a population of 705,356 with an average 3.59 people per household. Among the population, 104,284 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 951 people per km2.
Economy
Main sources of income: Agriculture 68.95%, non-agricultural labourer 3.24%, industry 0.87%, commerce 13.83%, transport and communication 2.21%, service 3.81%, construction 1.03%, religious service 0.14%, rent and remittance 0.59% and others 5.33%.
Source: Wikipedia, Meherpur District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Map of the 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. 2 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Meherpur is a district in Khulna division with 2 seats in Parliament: Meherpur-1 (Meherpur Sadar and Mujibnagar upazilas) and Meherpur-2 (Gangni upazila). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by Jamaat-e-Islami. In the 12th Parliament (2024) the seats were all held by the Awami League.
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026