Sunamganj-5

Sunamganj-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sunamganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	415,954 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Mohibur Rahman Manik

Sunamganj-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mohibur Rahman Manik of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chhatak and Dowarabazar upazilas.[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-12 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.[3]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded one union parishad of Dowarabazar Upazila: Mannargaon.[6][7]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai	Jatiya Party[8]
	1988	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	[9]
	1991	Abdul Mazid	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	Feb 1996	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	Independent (politician)[10]
	Jun 1996	Mohibur Rahman Manik	Awami League
	2001	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Mohibur Rahman Manik	Awami League
	2014
	2018
	2024

Elections

General Election 2014: Sunamganj-5[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhibur Rahman Manik	164,494	98.1	+32.8
	BNF	Mohammad Ashraf Hossain	3,264	1.9	N/A
Majority			161,230	96.1	+64.4
Turnout			167,758	47.7	−38.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-5[6][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohibur Rahman Manik	165,697	65.3	+25.2
	BNP	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	85,197	33.6	−21.0
	NAP	Md. Abdul Odud	2,712	1.1	+0.5
Majority			80,500	31.7	+17.2
Turnout			253,606	86.5	+16.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-5[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	113,660	54.6	+31.7
	AL	Mohibur Rahman Manik	83,500	40.1	+11.2
	IJOF	Abdul Mazid	9,523	4.6	N/A
	NAP	Md. Abdul Odud	1,306	0.6	N/A
	KSJL	Abdul Jalil	243	0.1	N/A
Majority			30,160	14.5	+13.4
Turnout			208,232	69.8	+2.6
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-5[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohibur Rahman Manik	42,720	28.9	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Yahya	41,120	27.8	+9.7
	BNP	Kalim Uddin Ahmed	33,875	22.9	+15.2
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Abdul Mazid	11,248	7.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdullah Md. Saleh	10,067	6.8	−3.8
	IOJ	Mohammad Shafiq Uddin	6,981	4.7	−5.7
	Sammilita Sangram Parishad	Md. Jalal Uddin	1,196	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abdul Odud	575	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,600	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			147,782	67.2	+17.6
	AL gain from Independent

General Election 1991: Sunamganj-5[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abdul Mazid	22,266	18.1
	Independent	Md. Yahya	20,518	16.7
	Ganatantri Party	Mohibur Rahman Manik	17,695	14.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Siraj Uddin	13,027	10.6
	IOJ	A. Salam	12,851	10.4
	Independent	Abdur Rahim	9,864	8.0
	BNP	Zoinul Karim	9,467	7.7
	Independent	Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai	7,530	6.1
	Independent	Kalim Uddin	7,019	5.7
	Independent	Sirajul Islam	2,368	1.9
	JSD	Abul Lais	436	0.4
Majority			1,748	1.4
Turnout			123,041	49.6
	JP(E) gain from

References

1. "Sunamganj-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
11. "Sunamganj-5". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "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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