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Barishal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country,it has an area of 13,644.85 km2 (5,268.31 sq mi),and a population of 8,325,666 at the 2011 Census. It is the least populous Division within the entirety of Bangladesh. It is bounded by Dhaka Division on the north,the Bay of Bengal on the south,Chittagong Division on the east and Khulna Division on the west. The administrative capital,Barisal city,lies in the Padma River delta on an offshoot of the Arial Khan River. Barisal division is criss-crossed by numerous rivers that earned it the nickname Dhan-Nodi-Khal,Ei tin-e Borishal.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),led by Khaleda Zia,and the Bangladesh Awami League Party,led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party,while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007,but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time.
Abul Hasanat Abdullah is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for constituency Barisal-1.
Shawfikul Ghaani Swapan was a Bangladeshi politician and the former chairman of Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP. During his political career,he served as a Member of Parliament twice,and held cabinet positions in both the Zia and Ershad Governments. His positions included serving as the State Minister of Defence,State Minister of Youth and Sports,Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism,and Minister of Housing and Public Works.
Moni Swapan Dewan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician,ethnic Chakma,and a former member of parliament from the Chittagong Hill Tracts. He is also the former deputy minister for Hill Tracts Affairs.
Shah Muhammad Abul Hussain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament from the Mehendiganj Upazila,Barisal-4.
Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Zahid Faruk of the Awami League.
Barisal-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Golam Kibria Tipu of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Barisal-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shah-e-Alam of the Awami League.
Majibur Rahman Sarwar is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician. He is the former mayor of Barisal City Corporation and former member of parliament for Barisal-5.
Md. Mejbauddin Farhad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-4 constituency during 2009-2014.
Golam Faruq Ovi is an independent politician and former Member of Parliament of Bangladesh.
Manirul Islam Monir is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-2.
Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-2.
Abul Hossain Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-6.
Mosharraf Hossain Mongu is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-3.
Sunil Kumar Gupta was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-1 and Barisal-5. He was the organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Siddiqur Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Bakerganj-4 and Bhola-2.
Md. Abdur Rashid Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-6.
Anwar Hossain Chowdhury is a retired brigadier general of the Bangladesh Army,politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former Member of Parliament for Barisal-6 constituency.
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- ↑ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2019.