List of Parliamentary Constituencies in Bangladesh

List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In Bangladesh

This is a list of 300 parliamentary constituencies currently represented in the Jatiyo Shangshad, the unicameral national legislature of Bangladesh. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament. The Jatiyo Shangshad of Bangladesh consists of 345 seats, of which 45 seats are reserved for women, who are elected by the 300 directly elected members on the basis of procedure of proportional representation in the Parliament through single transferable vote.

The Bangladesh Election Commission is made resposnsible to "delimit the constituencies for the purpose of elections to the Parliament" by the Constitution of Bangladesh (chapter VII, article 119). It also says, "there shall be one electoral roll for each constituency for the purposes of elections to Parliament, and no special electoral roll shall be prepared so as to classify electors according to religion, race caste or sex" (article 121).

The current list, notified by the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2008 as per the provisions of the Delimitation of Constituencies Ordinance, 1976 is as follows:

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