Demarcation: EC publishes final gazette on 300 constituencies; Gazipur gains a seat, Bagerhat loses one
EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed confirmed the matter to the media today (4 September)
The Election Commission (EC) has published the final gazette demarcating all 300 constituencies for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election.
The polls will be held based on this new constituency map.
EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed confirmed the matter to the media today (4 September).
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The commission has finalised the delimitation, bringing changes to the boundaries of 46 parliamentary seats in 16 different districts across the country.
According to the gazette, Gazipur will now have six constituencies, gaining one seat, while Bagerhat has been reduced to three, losing one.
The re-demarcated 46 constituencies are Panchagarh-1 and 2, Rangpur-1, 3, Sirajganj-1 and 2, Pabna-1 and 2, Bagerhat-1, 2 and 3, Satkhira-2, 3 and 4, Manikganj-2 and 3, Dhaka-2, 4, 5, 7, 10 and 14, Gazipur-1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, Narayanganj-3, 4 and 5, Faridpur-2 and 4, Shariatpur-2 and 3, Brahmanbaria-2 and 3, Cumilla-1, 2, 6 and 10, Noakhali-1, 2, 4 and 5 and Chittagong-7 and 8.
Earlier on 30 July, the EC released a draft of the new boundaries, keeping 261 constituencies unchanged and making minor adjustments to 39.
The deadline for filing objections and suggestions was 10 August, during which the commission received some 1,893 applications containing claims, complaints and suggestions over 84 constituencies.
From 24 to 27 August, the commission held hearings on the claims, objections and recommendations regarding the re-demarcation of parliamentary constituencies.
The previous commission, headed by Kazi Habibul Awal, re-demarcated 10 constituencies ahead of the 12th national election, while the KM Nurul Huda-led commission changed the boundaries of 25 constituencies ahead of the 2018 general election, and Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad-headed commission redrew the boundaries of 87 constituencies ahead of 10th parliamentary election.
In 2008, the ATM Shamsul Huda-led commission made massive changes in the 133 constituencies before the 9th general election.
