Barisal-6

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Barisal-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Barisal District
Division Barisal Division
Electorate245,840 (2024) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Barisal-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bakerganj Upazila. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mokim Hossain Howlader Awami League [4]
1979 Sirajul Haque Montu BNP
1986 ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader Jatiya Party [5] [6]
1991 Md. Yunus Khan BNP
1995 by-election Md. Abdur Rashid Khan
Feb 1996 Anwar Hossain Chowdhury
Jun 1996 Syed Masud Reza Awami League
2001 Abul Hossain Khan BNP
2008 ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader Jatiya Party
2014 Nasreen Jahan Ratna
2024 Abdul Hafiz Mallik Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Nasreen Jahan Ratna, of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-6 [2] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader 89,23758.9N/A
BNP Abul Hossain Khan 54,00535.7−4.4
IAB Rafikul Islam7,5055.0N/A
Independent Humayun Kabir Mollah2860.2N/A
BTF AHM Saiful Islam Saifee2780.2N/A
BDB Md. Abdur Rashid Khan 1720.1N/A
Majority 35,23223.3−13.6
Turnout 151,48382.6+22.5
JP(E) gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Barisal-6 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abul Hossain Khan 54,31840.1+6.2
AL Syed Masud Reza 41,17130.4−11.3
IJOF ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader 20,12014.9N/A
Independent Samsul Alam Chunnu19,66414.5N/A
Bangladesh Progressive PartyPushpan Nahar1320.1N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Shamsul Alam Salim510.0N/A
Majority 13,1479.7+1.9
Turnout 135,45660.1−8.1
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Barisal-6 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Syed Masud Reza 41,86441.6
BNP Md. Abdur Rashid Khan 34,03833.9
JP(E) ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader 15,66115.6
IOJ Abdul Matin Miah6,3416.3
JI Md. Mahmudunnabi Talukdar2,0102.0
JSD Md. Mohsin Hawladar2780.3
Islamic Sashantantrik AndolanBarek Mian2330.2
Independent Siddque Ahmed Noman940.1
Majority 7,8267.8
Turnout 100,51968.2
AL gain from BNP

Md. Abdur Rashid Khan of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election. [11]

General Election 1991: Barisal-6 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Md. Yunus Khan 42,36140.8
NAP (Muzaffar)Majibur Rahman Talukder27,18926.2
JP(E) ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader 19,48618.8
IOJ Abdul Matin Miah6,8986.6
Independent Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury2,8792.8
JI Md. Abul Kalam Azad2,2152.1
JSD Abul Hossain Khan 1,2181.2
Independent Mohiuddin Ahmed6250.6
Zaker PartyMd. Alhaz Shamsul Haq5920.6
BAKSAL Shahidul Islam Khan3750.4
Majority 15,17214.6
Turnout 103,83845.8
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

  1. "Barishal-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  11. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN   0-7546-1628-2.

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