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Brahmanbaria-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by
AB Tajul Islam AB Tajul Islam (born 5 May 1951) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the state minister of Liberation War Affairs. He is a retired Bangladesh Army Captain. Early life Islam graduated in economics from the University of D ...
of the
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bancharampur Upazila.


History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Comilla constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the
Election Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...
. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Nabinagar Upazila: Barikandi and Salimganj.


Members of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 2010s

AB Tajul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.


Elections in the 2000s


Elections in the 1990s


References


External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Brahmanbaria District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub