In the Barishal-6 (Bakerganj) constituency election, three candidates from Gano Odhikar Parishad, Bangladesh Muslim League, and an independent contender lost their deposits. According to official results, Gano Odhikar Parishad’s Salauddin Mia received 137 votes, Bangladesh Muslim League’s Mufti Abdul Quddus got 238 votes, and independent candidate Kamrul Islam Khan secured 344 votes.
The seat was won by BNP’s candidate and district convenor Abul Hossain Khan, who ran under the ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol and obtained 81,087 votes. His closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Maulana Mahamudunnabi Talukdar, received 55,533 votes, giving the BNP candidate a victory margin of 26,500 votes. The district returning officer’s office reported that the constituency comprises 113 polling centers.
Bakerganj upazila, which includes one municipality and 14 unions, has a total of 315,597 registered voters, including 160,055 men, 155,538 women, and four transgender voters.