Narsingdi-5

Narsingdi-5
Raipura constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Narsingdi District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	371,536 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Narsingdi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1996 by Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Raipura Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dhaka-26 constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

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 to include all of Raipura Upazila. Previously it had excluded three union parishads: Daukar Char, Marjal, and Uttar Bakharnagar. ^{[3] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Asadul Haq Khasru	National Awami Party [7]
	1988	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	Jatiya Party [8]
	1991	Abdul Ali Mridha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju 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: Narsingdi-5 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	142,416	64.0	+10.9
	BNP	Jamal Ahmed Chowdhury	77,549	34.8	-10.3
	Independent	Md. Shahidul Islam	1,674	0.8	N/A
	Gano Forum	Farida Yasmin	694	0.3	N/A
	NAP	Omar Farook	205	0.1	N/A
Majority			64,867	29.1	+21.1
Turnout			222,538	88.9	+12.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Narsingdi-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	117,096	53.1	+8.1
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	99,509	45.1	+8.3
	IJOF	Md. Hossain Bhuyan	3,327	1.5	N/A
	CPB	Md. Aminul Haq	790	0.4	N/A
Majority			17,587	8.0	-0.2
Turnout			220,722	76.1	-0.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	75,672	45.0	+22.5
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	61,862	36.8	+13.7
	JP(E)	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	21,759	12.9	+12.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Sulaiman Mridha	3,645	2.2	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Aminur Rahman	3,142	1.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sarkar Tamiz Uddin Ahmed	784	0.5	-1.0
	FP	Ibrahim Mridha	454	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Asadul Haq Khasru	398	0.2	+5.0
	BKA	Abul Kashem Kashemi	256	0.2	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	A. K. M. Shahidul Islam	193	0.1	-16.4
Majority			13,820	8.2	+7.6
Turnout			168,165	76.5	+18.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Narsingdi-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	37,360	23.1
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	36,455	22.5
	Independent	A. Based Chowdhury	29,956	18.5
	Ganatantri Party	Fazlul Haq Khandakar	26,758	16.5
	Independent	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	14,642	9.0
	Independent	Asadul Haq Khasru	8,390	5.2
	Independent	A. Momen Bhuiyan	4,508	2.8
	Zaker Party	Matiur Rahman	2,476	1.5
	JP(E)	A. Hai Farazi	1,019	0.6
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Rezaul Karim	328	0.2
Majority			905	0.6
Turnout			161,892	57.9
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Narsingdi-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. 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. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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