4-party gains in Khulna-6, AL in Khulna-1

Delimitation of Khulna-6 (Koira-Paikgachha) constituency has affected vote bank of Awami League (AL) and benefited BNP-led four-party alliance as Deluti union has been sliced from Khulna-6 and added with Khulna-1 (Dakope-Batiaghata) constituency.
Addition of Deluti union with Khulna-1 constituency has benefited the probable candidate of AL-led 14-party alliance there.
The union with 10,849 voters, mostly belonging to minority community, is considered as a vote bank for Awami League and so, exclusion of the area has made an advantageous situation for the four-party alliance candidate to win in Khulna-6 constituency.
Now the number of voters in Khulna-6 has come down to 2,81,297 while the delimitation has raised number of voters in Khulna-1 constituency to 2,17,730.
In 1996 national elections AL candidate advocate Sheikh Mohammad Nurul Huq won in Khulna-6 seat defeating his nearest rival Shah Mohammad Ruhul Quddus of Jamaat-e-Islami by over 66,000 votes.
But in 2001 national elections four-party candidate Shah Mohammod Ruhul Quddus defeated AL candidate advocate Nurul Huq by 38,562 votes.
However, AL candidate advocate Nurul Huq bagged 23,240 votes more than that he got in 1996.
In 2001 national elections, Panchanon Biswas of AL won Khulna-1 seat getting 78,552 votes. His nearest rival Amir Ejaj Khan of four-party alliance got 47,523 votes.