How the 300 constituencies are divided

Bangladesh has 300 parliamentary constituencies, and they are divided based on:

Districts (64 total)

Each district gets a certain number of constituencies depending on its population.

Examples:

• Dhaka District → 20 seats

• Chittagong District → 16 seats

• Small districts → 1–2 seats

No constituency crosses district boundaries.

Upazilas and City Wards

Rural seats = full upazilas or groups of union parishads
Urban seats = city corporation wards and thanas
Mixed seats = some wards + outer upazila unions

Population-based Delimitation

The Election Commission draws boundaries so each seat has a similar number of people.

Rules consider:

• Population changes

• Growth of cities

• Administrative changes (new thanas/upazilas)

Types of Constituencies

Bangladesh has three major types:

A) City Constituencies

Made from wards inside big cities (Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, etc.)
Example: Dhaka-6 → Gendaria, Wari, Sutrapur

B) Suburban / Mixed Constituencies

Blend of outer city neighborhoods + nearby unions
Example: Dhaka-2 → Hazaribagh + Keraniganj

C) Rural Constituencies

Mostly full upazilas
Example: Dhaka-20 → Dhamrai Upazila

Constituency Distribution by Division

The 300 seats are split across 8 divisions like this:

• Dhaka Division – 97 seats (largest)

• Chattogram – 58 seats

• Rajshahi – 39

• Khulna – 36

• Rangpur – 33

• Barishal – 23

• Sylhet – 19

• Mymensingh – 15

Total = 300

Reserved Seats (Extra 50 for Women)

These are not geographic seats — they are allocated to parties based on their share of the 300 elected seats.