Noakhali-5

Noakhali-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Noakhali District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	331,793 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Obaidul Quader

Noakhali-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Obaidul Quader of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Companiganj and Kabirhat upazilas. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Noakhali Sadar Upazila: Ashwadia and Niazpur. ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdur Rahman	Awami League [5]
	1979	Moudud Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6]
	1986	Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud	Bangladesh Awami League [7] [8]
	1991	Moudud Ahmed	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	February 1996	ASM Enamul Haque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Obaidul Quader	Awami League
	2001	Moudud Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Obaidul Quader	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Obaidul Quader 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: Noakhali-5 ^{[3] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Obaidul Quader	112,575	50.1	+23.9
	BNP	Moudud Ahmed	111,204	49.5	+1.2
	Independent	Enayet Ullah Siddiqui	766	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,371	0.6	-21.4
Turnout			224,545	85.8	+20.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Noakhali-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Moudud Ahmed	84,578	48.3	+28.3
	AL	Obaidul Quader	45,972	26.2	-10.5
	Independent	Ekramul Karim Chowdhury	42,048	24.0	N/A
	IJOF	A. N. M. Shahajahan	1,932	1.1	N/A
	JSD	Abdur Razzak	341	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Golap Mowla	199	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Bikash Chandra Sarkar	106	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Md. Mizanur Rahman Sahabuddin	105	0.1	N/A
Majority			38,606	22.0	+11.5
Turnout			175,281	65.3	+1.5
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Obaidul Quader	40,280	36.7	+4.7
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	28,744	26.2	-9.8
	BNP	A .S. M. Enamul Haque	21,929	20.0	+2.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher	17,445	15.9	+1.6
	Independent	A. N. M. Shahjahan	560	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Anisul Haque	312	0.3	0.0
	Gano Forum	Mohammad Hanif	226	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. M. M. Anowar	182	0.2	N/A
Majority			11,536	10.5	+6.5
Turnout			109,678	63.8	+28.5
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Noakhali-5 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	31,448	36.0
	AL	Obaidul Quader	27,917	32.0
	BNP	Md. Zakir Hossain	15,047	17.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher	12,499	14.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Khizir Hayat	231	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	S. M. Abul Kasem	148	0.2
Majority			3,531	4.0
Turnout			87,290	35.3
	JP(E) gain from AL

References

1. "Noakhali-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
3. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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