Rajshahi-5

Rajshahi-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictRajshahi District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate301,677 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Rajshahi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Puthia 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
1973 Sardar Mohammad Jahangir Awami League[4]
1979 Mokhlechhar Rahman Chowdhury BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Nurun Nabi Chand Awami League[6]
1988 Jatiya Party[7]
1991 Azizur Rahman BNP
1996 Md. Alauddin
1999 by-election Awami League
2000 by-election Raihanul Haque
2001 Kabir Hossain BNP
2008 Abdul Wadud Awami League
2018 Mansur Rahman
2024 Abdul Wadud

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Wadud Dara was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rajshahi-5[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdul Wadud Dara 124,398 53.1 +24.9
BNP Nazrul Islam 108,083 46.2 +0.8
LDP S. M. Shafiul Azam 740 0.3 N/A
CPB Abul Kalam Azad 612 0.2 N/A
BTF Moktar Hossen 243 0.1 N/A
National People's Party Showkat Hossen Khan 98 0.0 N/A
Majority 16,315 7.0 −10.1
Turnout 234,174 94.6 +8.8
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Rajshahi-5[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Kabir Hossain 88,173 45.4
AL Raihanul Haque 54,882 28.2
Independent Akkas Ali 33,134 17.1
IJOF Md. Makhlesur Rahman 11,753 6.1
Independent Azizur Rahman 6,223 3.2
JSD Nurul Islam 187 0.1
Majority 33,291 17.1
Turnout 194,352 85.8
BNP gain from AL

Md. Alauddin died in February 2000. Raihanul Haque was elected in a 2000 by-election

Elections in the 1990s

In 1998, Sheikh Hasina made Md. Alauddin a state minister in her government. This led to his expulsion from the BNP, and to the Election Commission declaring his seat vacant on 11 October 1999 under Article 70 of the Constitution, which penalizes floor-crossing.[12][13] This triggered a by-election in late 1999, which Alauddin won as an Awami League candidate.[13][14]

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-5[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Md. Alauddin 65,594 41.3 +4.0
AL Anisur Rahman 58,614 36.9 +1.5
JP(E) Md. Azizul Alam 19,366 12.2 +0.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abdul Mannan 14,688 9.2 −5.8
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Nurul Islam 189 0.1 0.0
Independent Md. Abdur Rashid Sarkar 129 0.1 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Abdul Halim 115 0.1 −0.1
Majority 6,980 4.4 +2.5
Turnout 158,675 87.6 −11.1
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Rajshahi-5[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Azizur Rahman 48,542 37.3
AL Md. Alauddin 46,116 35.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abdul Mannan 19,515 15.0
JP(E) Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand 15,241 11.7
Zaker Party Md. Abdul Halim 303 0.2
JSD Muhammad Shafiur Rahman Shafi 277 0.2
Jatiya Oikkya Front Md. Fazle Rabbi 158 0.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Ramzan Ali Sarder 153 0.1
Majority 2,426 1.9
Turnout 130,305 76.5
BNP gain from AL

References

  1. ^ "Rajshahi-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Chowdhury, Mahfuzul H. (2003). Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions. Ashgate. pp. 89–90, 104. ISBN 0-7546-3423-X.
  13. ^ a b Chowdhury, Rashed (23 June 2001). "Hasina's cabinet sets a record". Gulf News. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Millennium hangover in House". The Daily Star. 2 January 2000. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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