Khulna-5

Khulna-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Khulna District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	344,470 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Narayan Chandra Chanda

Khulna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Narayan Chandra Chanda of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dumuria and Phultala upazilas, Khan Jahan Ali Thana, Gilatala Cantonment, and Atra Gilatala Union. ^{[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	Kuber Chandra Biswas	Awami League [4]
	1979	Prafulla Kumar Shil	Awami League [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	HMA Gaffar	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	1991	Salhuddin Yusuf	Awami League
	February 1996	Gazi Abdul Haq	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	June 1996	Salhuddin Yusuf	Awami League
	2000 by-election	Narayan Chandra Chanda	Awami League
	2001	Mia Golam Parwar	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Narayan Chandra Chanda	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Narayan Chandra Chanda was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Narayan Chandra Chanda	144,600	56.7	+9.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mia Golam Parwar	105,312	41.3	-8.3
	IAB	Sheikh Jamil Ahmed	3,897	1.5	N/A
	United Citizen Movement	Kazi Faruq Ahammd	653	0.3	N/A
	BDB	Bidur Kanti Biswas	596	0.2	N/A
Majority			39,288	15.4	+13.3
Turnout			255,058	91.2	+3.8
	AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 2001: Khulna-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mia Golam Parwar	105,740	49.6
	AL	Narayan Chandra Chanda	101,192	47.4
	IJOF	H. M. A. Rouf	3,820	1.8	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Abul Kashem Dablu	1,681	0.8	N/A
	WPB	Md. Anser Ali Molla	803	0.4
	Independent	Shabkas Mondal	108	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,548	2.1
Turnout			213,344	87.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Salah Uddin Yusuf died in 2000. Narayan Chandra Chandu was elected in a December 2000 by-election. ^{[13] [14]}

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Salahuddin Yusuf	70,184	41.4	-1.9
	BNP	Mazidul Islam	45,584	26.9	+4.1
	JP(E)	HMA Gaffar	31,339	18.5	+4.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. K. M. Gausul Azam	15,960	9.4	-8.6
	IOJ	Md. Nazrul Islam	3,832	2.3	N/A
	WPB	Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan	2,086	1.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Sheikh Shahidullah	311	0.2	0.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	M. A. Samad	198	0.1	N/A
Majority			24,600	14.5	-6.0
Turnout			169,494	84.6	+13.3
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Khulna-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Salhuddin Yusuf	63,211	43.3
	BNP	Mazidul Islam	33,239	22.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mia Golam Parwar	26,211	18.0
	JP(E)	HMA Gaffar	20,821	14.3
	UCL	Nazrul Islam	1,766	1.2
	Zaker Party	Md. Moniruzzaman	316	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Abdus Samad	215	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sk. Hamidur Rahman	126	0.1
Majority			29,972	20.5
Turnout			145,905	71.3
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Khulna-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). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
9. 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.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. 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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
13. "Narayan Chandra Chandu AL nominee for Khulna-5 by-polls". The Daily Star. 26 November 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2001.
14. "3 new faces inducted into cabinet". New Age. Dhaka. UNB. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

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

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