The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the
2008 general election, the
Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it excluded four more union parishads of
Jessore Sadar Upazila: Fathehpur, Ichhali, Kachua, and Narendrapur. == Members of Parliament ==