Sylhet-6

Sylhet-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nurul Islam Nahid of the Awami League.

Sylhet-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictSylhet District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate393,115 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Nurul Islam Nahid

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
ElectionMemberParty
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
General Election 2008: Sylhet-6[2][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League 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
Awami League gain from Independent
General Election 2001: Sylhet-6[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Syed Makbul Hossain 76,513 40.7 N/A
Awami League 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 Awami League

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Sylhet-6[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League 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
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Sylhet-6[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
JSD (R) 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 [[|N/A]]

References
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  5. Bhaumik, Kirit (10 May 1975). "Voters lose interest in polls in Bangladesh". The Times of India. p. 6.
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  10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "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.

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