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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Barisal-6 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Barisal District Division Barisal Division Electorate 315,597 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Abul Hossain Khan ← 123 Barisal-5 125 Jhalokati-1 →

**Barisal-6** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). [Abul Hossain Khan](/source/Abul_Hossain_Khan) is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Bakerganj Upazila](/source/Bakerganj_Upazila).[1][2]

## 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 Bangladesh Awami League[3] 1979 Sirajul Haque Montu Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1986 ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader Jatiya Party (Ershad)[4][5] 1991 Md. Yunus Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1995 by-election Md. Abdur Rashid Khan Feb 1996 Anwar Hossain Chowdhury Jun 1996 Syed Masud Reza Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Abul Hossain Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2008 ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Nasreen Jahan Ratna 2024 Abdul Hafiz Mallik Bangladesh Awami League 2026 Abul Hossain Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Barisal-6 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Abul Hossain Khan 82,217 48.04 +12.34 Jamaat Md. Mahmudunnabi 55,988 33.71 +31.71 IAB Syed Faizul Karim 29,146 17.03 +12.03 Majority 26,229 15.36 −7.94 Turnout 168,079 54.23 −28.37 Registered electors 315,597 BNP gain from AL

[6][7]

### Elections in the 2010s

[Nasreen Jahan Ratna](/source/Nasreen_Jahan_Ratna), of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected unopposed in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-6[1][9][10] 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[11] 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[11] 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 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]

General Election 1991: Barisal-6[11] 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 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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_1-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1973results_3-0)** ["List of 1st Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1986results_4-0)** ["List of 3rd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_5-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Bangladesh Election Commission"](http://103.183.38.66:81/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["BSS"](https://www.bssnews.net/bangla/national-parlament-election-2026/283083).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_8-0)** Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). ["The number now goes up to 151"](https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2013/12/14/the-number-now-goes-up-to-151/). *Dhaka Tribune*. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008results_9-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092319/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Archived from [the original](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&Year=2008) on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_10-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000834/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=126). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=126) on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Akhter2001p243_12-0)** Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). *Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh*. Ashgate. p. 243. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7546-1628-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7546-1628-2).

## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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