Kishoreganj-5

Kishoreganj-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kishoreganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	278,708 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Afzal Hossain

Kishoreganj-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Afzal Hossain of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bajitpur and Nikli upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Abdul Hamid	Awami League [5]
	1988	Abdul Latif Bhuiyan	[6]
	1991	Abdul Hamid	Awami League
	February 1996	Imdadul Haque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Abdul Hamid	Awami League
	2001	Mujibur Rahman Monju	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Afzal Hossain	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Afzal Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kishoreganj-5 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Afzal Hossain	123,474	64.8	+13.4
	BNP	Mojibur Rahman Monju	65,054	34.2	+20.5
	BDB	Md. Abdur Rahim	1,732	0.9	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Aminul Ahasan	200	0.1	N/A
Majority			58,420	30.7	+14.1
Turnout			190,460	88.5	+16.2
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Kishoreganj-5 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hamid	93,915	51.4	+14.4
	KSJL	Md. Fazlur Rahman	63,656	34.9	N/A
	BNP	Jahir Uddin Bhuiyan	25,064	13.7	-4.9
Majority			30,259	16.6	+15.2
Turnout			182,635	72.3	-3.0
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kishoreganj-5 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hamid	54,073	37.0	-17.9
	Independent	Md. Fazlur Rahman	52,024	35.6	N/A
	BNP	Emdadul Haque	27,251	18.6	-4.6
	JP(E)	Ershad Uddin Ahmed Khan Milki	8,045	5.5	+3.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Salam Khan Pathan	2,211	1.5	-2.0
	Gano Forum	Borhanuddin Chowdhury	2,100	1.4	N/A
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	K. M. Aminul Haque	568	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,049	1.4	-30.3
Turnout			146,272	75.3	+24.0
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Kishoreganj-5 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Hamid	62,792	54.9
	BNP	Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan	26,540	23.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin)	A. H. M. Kamruzzaman Khan	16,205	14.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Salam Khan Pathan	4,058	3.5
	JP(E)	Md. Shafiqul Islam	2,301	2.0
	Zaker Party	Md. Ahmed Karim Mollah	887	0.8
	WPB	Kazi Salah Uddin	520	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ali Ahmed Milki	451	0.4
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Hasmat Uddin Thakur	338	0.3
	Independent	Golam Rabbani	294	0.3
Majority			36,252	31.7
Turnout			114,386	51.3
	AL gain from

References

1. "Kishoreganj-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. "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. 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.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "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.

External links

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

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