Barisal-6

Barisal-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Barisal-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Barisal District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	245,840 (2024)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 123 Barisal-5 125 Jhalokati-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bakerganj Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mokim Hossain Howlader	Awami League[4]
	1979	Sirajul Haque Montu	BNP
	1986	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	Jatiya Party[5][6]
	1991	Md. Yunus Khan	BNP
	1995 by-election	Md. Abdur Rashid Khan
	Feb 1996	Anwar Hossain Chowdhury
	Jun 1996	Syed Masud Reza	Awami League
	2001	Abul Hossain Khan	BNP
	2008	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	Jatiya Party
	2014	Nasreen Jahan Ratna
	2024	Abdul Hafiz Mallik	Awami League

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.^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-6^[2][8][9]

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

General Election 2001: Barisal-6^[10]

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

General Election June 1996: Barisal-6^[10]

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
	JI	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.^[11]

General Election 1991: Barisal-6^[10]

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
	JI	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)