Barisal-6 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Barisal District |
Division | Barisal Division |
Electorate | 60,000 (2024)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami Leage |
Member(s) | Abdul Hafiz Mallik |
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.
The constituency encompasses Bakerganj Upazila.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
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.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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) |