Chandpur-5

Chandpur-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chandpur District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	408,496 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Rafiqul Islam

Chandpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Rafiqul Islam of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hajiganj and Shahrasti upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-23 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Md. Abdur Rob	Jatiya Party [4]
	1988	Abdul Wadud Khan	Jatiya Party [5]
	1991	M. A. Matin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Rafiqul Islam	Awami League
	2001	M. A. Matin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Rafiqul Islam	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Rafiqul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chandpur-5 ^{[2] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rafiqul Islam	143,497	56.1	+11.6
	BNP	Mominul Haque	110,480	43.2	-9.0
	Gano Forum	Md. Noman	839	0.3	N/A
	BTF	Golam Mohammad Ali	551	0.2	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Hossam Haider Patwary	298	0.1	N/A
Majority			33,017	12.9	+5.2
Turnout			255,665	86.7	+14.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chandpur-5 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. A. Matin	110,792	52.2	+11.4
	AL	Rafiqul Islam	94,531	44.5	+3.4
	IJOF	Md. Shafiul Alam Shwapan	5,051	2.4	N/A
	BIF	Syed Md. Jahan Shah	1,404	0.7	+0.3
	JSD	Md. Anowar Hossain Mollah	330	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Md. Noman	276	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,261	7.7	+7.4
Turnout			212,384	72.3	+0.4
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chandpur-5 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rafiqul Islam	62,309	41.1	+22.3
	BNP	M. A. Matin	61,895	40.8	+10.7
	JP(E)	Tofazzal Haidar Chowdhury	18,700	12.3	-1.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mahabubur Rahman	6,319	4.2	-1.1
	IOJ	Zakaria	1,189	0.8	N/A
	BIF	Md. Jalal Uddin Kashemi	663	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	M. A. Bari	269	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	M. A. Quaiyum Chowdhury	240	0.2	-0.1
Majority			414	0.3	-0.8
Turnout			151,584	71.9	+27.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Chandpur-5 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. A. Matin	35,944	30.1
	Independent	M. A. Sattar	34,682	29.1
	AL	Md. Abdur Rob	22,389	18.8
	JP(E)	Abdul Wadud Khan	16,821	14.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mahbubur Rahman	6,309	5.3
	FP	Shahjahan	1,003	0.8
	BKA	Zakaria	991	0.8
	Zaker Party	M. A. Quaiyum Chowdhury	412	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Abu Noman	356	0.3
	Independent	Kali Narayan Lodh	170	0.1
	Independent	A. Malek Chowdhury	156	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Anwar Hossain	139	0.1
Majority			1,262	1.1
Turnout			119,372	44.2
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Chandpur-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. 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 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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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