Brahmanbaria-6

Brahmanbaria-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Brahmanbaria District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	217,470 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	AB Tajul Islam

Brahmanbaria-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by AB Tajul Islam of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bancharampur Upazila. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Comilla constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[4]

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Nabinagar Upazila: Barikandi and Salimganj. ^{[5] [2] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sahidur Rahman	Jatiya Party [7]
	1988	A. T. M. Wali Ashraf	Independent
	1991	A. T. M. Wali Ashraf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	1994 by-election	Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [9]
	1996	AB Tajul Islam	Awami League
	2001	Abdul Khaleque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	AB Tajul Islam	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

AB Tajul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Brahmanbaria-6 ^{[5] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AB Tajul Islam	94,016	61.0	+21.3
	BNP	Abdul Khaleque	58,794	38.2	-1.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	K. M. Zabir	764	0.5	N/A
	Gano Forum	Golam Mostofa Kamal	239	0.2	N/A
	LDP	Dawan Ferdousur Rahman	221	0.1	N/A
Majority			35,222	22.9	+2.8
Turnout			154,034	86.5	+15.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Brahmanbaria-6 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Khaleque	75,716	59.8	+20.4
	AL	AB Tajul Islam	50,306	39.7	-9.0
	IJOF	Md. Shafiur Rahman	322	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jalal Uddin Ahammad	226	0.2	N/A
Majority			25,410	20.1	+10.8
Turnout			126,570	71.3	-4.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Brahmanbaria-6 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AB Tajul Islam	48,872	48.7	+17.9
	BNP	Rowson Alam	39,531	39.4	+4.0
	JP(E)	Nur Mohammad	7,637	7.6	-13.2
	Independent	K. M. Zabir	2,007	2.0	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Dewan Md. Nokibul Huda	1,166	1.2	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Monirul Haque	657	0.7	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Al-Amin	428	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,341	9.3	+4.7
Turnout			100,298	76.1	+20.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Brahmanbaria-6 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. T. M. Wali Ashraf	35,172	35.4
	AL	AB Tajul Islam	30,613	30.8
	JP(E)	Shahidur Rahman	20,624	20.8
	Independent	Md. Habibar Rahman	7,980	8.0
	Independent	A. W. M. Abdul Haq	3,899	3.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	K. M. Zabir	386	0.4
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	A. Rahman Ferdous	308	0.3
	Independent	Md. Ibrahim	276	0.3
Majority			4,559	4.6
Turnout			99,258	55.8
	BNP hold

References

1. "Brahmanbaria-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
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6. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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9. ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া-৬ আসনে শক্ত অবস্থানে ক্যাপ্টেন তাজুল ইসলাম!. Bangladesh Today (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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