Sylhet-6
Sylhet-6 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 393,115 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member(s) | Vacant (ad interim) |
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.
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 | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Nurul Islam Nahid | 138,353 | 57.0 | +18.9 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | 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 |
References
- ^ "Sylhet-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Bhaumik, Kirit (10 May 1975). "Voters lose interest in polls in Bangladesh". The Times of India. p. 6.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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