Barisal-6 Explained

Barisal-6
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Barisal District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Barisal Division
Electorate:	60,000 (2024)
Year:	1973
Members:	Abdul Hafiz Mallik
Party:	Awami League

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.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bakerganj Upazila.

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
	1979	Sirajul Haque Montu	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1986	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	Jatiya Party
	1991	Md. Yunus Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1995 by-election	Md. Abdur Rashid Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Anwar Hossain Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Syed Masud Reza	Awami League
	2001	Abul Hossain Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Nasreen Jahan Ratna	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Nasreen Jahan Ratna	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	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.

Elections in the 1990s

Md. Abdur Rashid Khan of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election.

External links

• Web site: People's Republic of Bangladesh . Psephos.