Sylhet-6

Sylhet-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. It was established in 1973. The previous member was Nurul Islam Nahid from Awami League. The constituency is vacant since August 6, 2024 following the dissolution of the parliament.

Sylhet-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sylhet District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	393,115 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Member(s)	Vacant (ad interim)
← 233 Sylhet-5 235 Moulvibazar-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Beanibazar and Golapganj upazilas.^[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	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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sylhet-6^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurul Islam Nahid	138,353	57.0	+18.9
	JI	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
	AL gain from Independent

General Election 2001: Sylhet-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Syed Makbul Hossain	76,513	40.7	N/A
	AL	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 AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sylhet-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	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
	JI	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
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sylhet-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	JI	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
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	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