Barisal-6
Barisal-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Retired Major General Abdul Hafiz Mallik of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bakerganj Upazila.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
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.
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader | 89,237 | 58.9 | N/A | ||
BNP | Abul Hossain Khan | 54,005 | 35.7 | −4.4 | ||
IAB | Rafikul Islam | 7,505 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Humayun Kabir Mollah | 286 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BTF | AHM Saiful Islam Saifee | 278 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BDB | Md. Abdur Rashid Khan | 172 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 35,232 | 23.3 | −13.6 | |||
Turnout | 151,483 | 82.6 | +22.5 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Abul Hossain Khan | 54,318 | 40.1 | +6.2 | ||
AL | Syed Masud Reza | 41,171 | 30.4 | −11.3 | ||
IJOF | ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader | 20,120 | 14.9 | N/A | ||
Independent | Samsul Alam Chunnu | 19,664 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Pushpan Nahar | 132 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Shamsul Alam Salim | 51 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 13,147 | 9.7 | +1.9 | |||
Turnout | 135,456 | 60.1 | −8.1 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Syed Masud Reza | 41,864 | 41.6 | |||
BNP | Md. Abdur Rashid Khan | 34,038 | 33.9 | |||
JP(E) | ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader | 15,661 | 15.6 | |||
IOJ | Abdul Matin Miah | 6,341 | 6.3 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Mahmudunnabi Talukdar | 2,010 | 2.0 | |||
JSD | Md. Mohsin Hawladar | 278 | 0.3 | |||
Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | Barek Mian | 233 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | Siddque Ahmed Noman | 94 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 7,826 | 7.8 | ||||
Turnout | 100,519 | 68.2 | ||||
AL gain from BNP |
Md. Abdur Rashid Khan of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Md. Yunus Khan | 42,361 | 40.8 | |||
NAP (Muzaffar) | Majibur Rahman Talukder | 27,189 | 26.2 | |||
JP(E) | ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader | 19,486 | 18.8 | |||
IOJ | Abdul Matin Miah | 6,898 | 6.6 | |||
Independent | Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury | 2,879 | 2.8 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abul Kalam Azad | 2,215 | 2.1 | |||
JSD | Abul Hossain Khan | 1,218 | 1.2 | |||
Independent | Mohiuddin Ahmed | 625 | 0.6 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Alhaz Shamsul Haq | 592 | 0.6 | |||
BAKSAL | Shahidul Islam Khan | 375 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 15,172 | 14.6 | ||||
Turnout | 103,838 | 45.8 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ "Barishal-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
External links
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