# Barisal-6

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

## 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 | BNP |
| 1986 | ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader | Jatiya Party |
| 1991 | Md. Yunus Khan | BNP |
| 1995 by-election | Md. Abdur Rashid Khan | BNP |
| Feb 1996 | Anwar Hossain Chowdhury | BNP |
| Jun 1996 | Syed Masud Reza | Awami League |
| 2001 | Abul Hossain Khan | BNP |
| 2008 | ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader | Jatiya Party |
| 2014 | Nasreen Jahan Ratna | Jatiya Party |
| 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 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-6 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 35,232 | 23.3 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 151,483 | 82.6 | +22.5 |
| | JP(E) gain from BNP | JP(E) gain from BNP | JP(E) gain from BNP | JP(E) gain from BNP | JP(E) gain from BNP |
General Election 2001: Barisal-6 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,147 | 9.7 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 135,456 | 60.1 | −8.1 |
| | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Barisal-6 :
| Party | 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-e-Islami | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,826 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,519 | 68.2 | |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
Md. Abdur Rashid Khan of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election.
General Election 1991: Barisal-6 :
| Party | 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-e-Islami | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15,172 | 14.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 103,838 | 45.8 | |
| | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) |