Sylhet-6 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 393,115 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Nurul Islam Nahid |
Sylhet-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nurul Islam Nahid of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Beanibazar and Golapganj upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | M. A. G. Osmani | Awami League [4] | |
1975 by-election | Muhammad Ashraf Ali | BAKSAL [5] | |
1979 | Md. Enamul Haque Chowdhury | Awami League [6] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Syed Makbul Hossain | Independent [7] | |
1988 | AKM Gouach Uddin | Jatiya Party [8] | |
1991 | Sharaf Uddin Khashru | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
Feb 1996 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party [9] | ||
Jun 1996 | Nurul Islam Nahid | Awami League | |
2001 | Syed Makbul Hossain | Independent | |
2008 | Nurul Islam Nahid | Awami League | |
2014 | |||
2018 | |||
Nurul Islam Nahid was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Nurul Islam Nahid | 138,353 | 57.0 | +18.9 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Habibur Rahman | 51,794 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Independent | Syed Mokbul Hussain | 48,974 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Shamsuddin | 3,121 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
PDP | Sorof Uddin Khosru | 516 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 86,589 | 35.7 | +32.0 | |||
Turnout | 242,728 | 82.3 | +13.7 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from Independent | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Syed Makbul Hossain | 76,513 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Nurul Islam Nahid | 71,517 | 38.1 | +2.6 | ||
IJOF | Kunu Mia | 27,478 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Masud Khan | 4,843 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Independent | Abu Bakar | 2,032 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Sheikh Akhtarul Islam | 1,272 | 0.7 | +0.3 | ||
Independent | Salah Uddin | 1,245 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Independent | Rafiqul Islam Khan | 852 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
BNP | Abdul Hasib | 607 | 0.3 | -20.7 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | M. Abdul Karim Akbari | 550 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
JSD | Lokman Ahmed | 501 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||
Jatiyo Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Kazi Abdul Monim | 289 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | Mostafa Allama | 85 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 4,996 | 2.7 | -10.0 | |||
Turnout | 187,784 | 68.6 | +0.7 | |||
Independent gain from Bangladesh Awami League | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Nurul Islam Nahid | 53,965 | 35.5 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Md. Muzammil Ali | 34,691 | 22.8 | -8.2 | ||
BNP | Syed Makbul Hossain | 31,970 | 21.0 | +12.7 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Habibur Rahman | 14,163 | 9.3 | -2.8 | ||
IOJ | Mohammad Habibur Rahman | 9,071 | 6.0 | -10.2 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Md. Nurul Islam | 3,466 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Sammilita Sangram Parishad | Sheikh Abdul Muzib | 2,460 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Sheikh Akhtarul Islam | 629 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
JSD | Waysur Rahman Chowdhury | 578 | 0.4 | -2.3 | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Md. Habibur Rahman | 439 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Salah Uddin | 303 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Sheikh Azharul Islam | 200 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostafa Allama) | Mostafa Allama | 141 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 19,274 | 12.7 | +8.1 | |||
Turnout | 152,076 | 67.9 | +19.6 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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JP(E) | Sharaf Uddin Khashru | 39,065 | 31.0 | |||
CPB | Nurul Islam Nahid | 33,332 | 26.5 | |||
IOJ | Mohammad Habibur Rahman | 20,367 | 16.2 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Fazlur Rahman | 15,267 | 12.1 | |||
BNP | Nazrul Islam Mayur | 10,407 | 8.3 | |||
JSD | Lokman Ahmed | 3,416 | 2.7 | |||
Independent | Md. Wahidur Rahman | 1,942 | 1.5 | |||
Independent | Sahab Uddin | 1,110 | 0.9 | |||
JSD (R) | Saidur Rahman Khan Mahbtab | 526 | 0.4 | |||
Independent | Rafiqul Islam | 301 | 0.2 | |||
JSD (S) | Ataur Rahman Khan | 100 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Syed Makbul Hossain | 75 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 5,733 | 4.6 | ||||
Turnout | 125,908 | 48.3 | ||||
JP(E) gain from [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | ||||||
Nurul Islam Nahid is a Bangladeshi politician and author. He served a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from the Sylhet-6 constituency from 15 years, being elected in 1996, 2008, 2014, and 2018. He was also the country's Minister of Education from 2014 to 2018.
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Coordinates: 24°51′N92°01′E / 24.85°N 92.02°E