Dinajpur-5

Dinajpur-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dinajpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	399,243 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar
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Dinajpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Mostafizur Rahman Fizar of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Fulbari and Parbatipur 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	Abdul Haque	Awami League [4]
	1979	Md. Shawkat Ali	Awami League [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	Awami League [6]
	1988	Mohammad Shoaib	[7]
	1991	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	Awami League
	Feb 1996	AZM Rezwanul Haque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	Jun 1996	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dinajpur-5 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	93,576	96.7	+40.4
	WPB	Mohammad Afsar Ali	3,224	3.3	N/A
Majority			90,352	93.3	+80.3
Turnout			96,800	27.2	-63.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-5 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	164,419	56.3	+13.2
	BNP	A. Z. M. Rezwanul Haque	126,529	43.3	+2.9
	IAB	Md. Mostafizar Rahman	968	0.3	N/A
Majority			37,890	13.0	+10.4
Turnout			291,916	90.9	+6.5
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	105,337	43.1	+2.8
	BNP	A. Z. M. Rezwanul Haque	98,883	40.4	+16.3
	IJOF	Mohammad Monsur Ali Sarkar	39,709	16.2	N/A
	CPB	Md. Hafez Ali	296	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Abu Bakkar Siddique	279	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Shamsuzzoha Sarkar	170	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,454	2.6	-9.9
Turnout			244,674	84.4	+7.0
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	71,363	40.3	-5.9
	JP(E)	Md. Abul Wahab Sarkar	49,153	27.7	-0.8
	BNP	A. Z. M. Rezwanul Haque	42,811	24.1	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	M. A. Kaiyum	12,827	7.2	-4.8
	Zaker Party	Md. Khatibur Rahman	747	0.4	-0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Mozaffar Hossain	243	0.2	+0.1
	Independent	Md. Rabiul Alam Munshi	141	0.1	N/A
Majority			22,210	12.5	-5.2
Turnout			177,285	77.4	+14.5
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Dinajpur-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafizur Rahman Fizar	66,533	46.2
	JP(E)	Md. Abul Wahab Sarkar	41,039	28.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	M. A. Kaiyum	17,265	12.0
	BNP	Samsuddin Ahmed	13,622	9.5
	Independent	Mokbul Hossain	1,233	0.9
	BAKSAL	Md. Khatibur Rahman	1,102	0.8
	Zaker Party	Md. Rezaul Alam Bulbul	935	0.6
	WPB	Md. Mozammel Hossain Sarkar	502	0.3
	Independent	Shamsuddin Ahmed	469	0.3
	Independent	Mohammad Afsar Ali	414	0.3
	UCL	Md. Iner Uddin Mondol	241	0.2
	NDP	Md. Mahfujul Islam	217	0.2
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Md. Sadakatul Bari	203	0.1
	JSD (S)	Md. Hafizar Rahman	174	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Golam Ashraful Prodhan	151	0.1
Majority			25,494	17.7
Turnout			144,100	62.9
	AL gain from

References

1. "Dinajpur-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
9. "Dinajpur-5". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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