{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Barisal-6 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = বরিশাল-৬.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Barisal District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Barisal Division]] |population = |electorate = 315,597 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Abul Hossain Khan]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |next = |previous =
| module = {{align|left|← [[Barisal-5|123 Barisal-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Jhalokati-1|125 Jhalokati-1]] →}} }} '''Barisal-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Abul Hossain Khan]] is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bakerganj Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mokim Hossain Howlader]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Sirajul Haque Montu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Md. Yunus Khan]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 1995 by-election | [[Md. Abdur Rashid Khan]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Anwar Hossain Chowdhury]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Syed Masud Reza]] |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Abul Hossain Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Nasreen Jahan Ratna]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2023 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Abdul Hafiz Mallik]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Abul Hossain Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Barisal-6}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abul Hossain Khan]] |votes = 82,217 |percentage = 48.04 |change = +12.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Mahmudunnabi |votes = 55,988 |percentage = 33.71 |change = +31.71 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Syed Faizul Karim |votes = 29,146 |percentage = 17.03 |change = +12.03 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 26,229 |percentage = 15.36 |change = -7.94 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 168,079 |percentage = 54.23 |change = -28.37 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 315,597 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Commission |url=http://103.183.38.66:81/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=BSS |url=https://www.bssnews.net/bangla/national-parlament-election-2026/283083}}</ref>
=== Elections in the 2010s === [[Nasreen Jahan Ratna]], of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Barisal-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] |votes = 89,237 |percentage = 58.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abul Hossain Khan]] |votes = 54,005 |percentage = 35.7 |change = -4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Rafikul Islam |votes = 7,505 |percentage = 5.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Humayun Kabir Mollah |votes = 286 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = AHM Saiful Islam Saifee |votes = 278 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = [[Md. Abdur Rashid Khan]] |votes = 172 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 35,232 |percentage = 23.3 |change = -13.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 151,483 |percentage = 82.6 |change = +22.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Barisal-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abul Hossain Khan]] |votes = 54,318 |percentage = 40.1 |change = +6.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Syed Masud Reza]] |votes = 41,171 |percentage = 30.4 |change = -11.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader]] |votes = 20,120 |percentage = 14.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Samsul Alam Chunnu |votes = 19,664 |percentage = 14.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Pushpan Nahar |votes = 132 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Shamsul Alam Salim |votes = 51 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 13,147 |percentage = 9.7 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 135,456 |percentage = 60.1 |change = -8.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Barisal-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Syed Masud Reza]] |votes = 41,864 |percentage = 41.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Abdur Rashid Khan]] |votes = 34,038 |percentage = 33.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader]] |votes = 15,661 |percentage = 15.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdul Matin Miah |votes = 6,341 |percentage = 6.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Mahmudunnabi Talukdar |votes = 2,010 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Mohsin Hawladar |votes = 278 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = Barek Mian |votes = 233 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Siddque Ahmed Noman |votes = 94 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 7,826 |percentage = 7.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 100,519 |percentage = 68.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Md. Abdur Rashid Khan of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election.<ref name="Akhter2001p243" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Barisal-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Yunus Khan]] |votes = 42,361 |percentage = 40.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = Majibur Rahman Talukder |votes = 27,189 |percentage = 26.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader]] |votes = 19,486 |percentage = 18.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdul Matin Miah |votes = 6,898 |percentage = 6.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury |votes = 2,879 |percentage = 2.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abul Kalam Azad |votes = 2,215 |percentage = 2.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = [[Abul Hossain Khan]] |votes = 1,218 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mohiuddin Ahmed |votes = 625 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Alhaz Shamsul Haq |votes = 592 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Shahidul Islam Khan |votes = 375 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,172 |percentage = 14.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 103,838 |percentage = 45.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> {{cite news |title=Barishal-6 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Barishal-6&d=barishal |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Zakaria |first=Mohammad |date=14 December 2013 |title=The number now goes up to 151 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2013/12/14/the-number-now-goes-up-to-151/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092319/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&Year=2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=126 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000834/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=126 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="Akhter2001p243">{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Muhammad Yeahia |year=2001 |title=Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh |publisher=Ashgate |page=243 |isbn=0-7546-1628-2}}</ref> </references>
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