Pabna-5

Pabna-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pabna District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	435,902 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince

Pabna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Pabna Sadar Upazila. ^{[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 Momin Talukder	Awami League [4]
	1979	M. A. Matin	Bangladesh Muslim League [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	Awami League [6]
	1988	Md. Iqbal	Jatiya Party [7]
	1991	Abdus Sobhan	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2000 By-election	Mazhar Ali Qadri	Awami League [8] [9]
	2001	Abdus Sobhan	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-5 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince	161,413	52.9	+11.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Sobhan	141,663	46.4	-10.4
	IAB	Arif Billah	1,947	0.6	N/A
Majority			19,750	6.5	-9.1
Turnout			305,023	87.7	+12.9
	AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 2001: Pabna-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Sobhan	142,884	56.8	+37.2
	AL	Md. Wazi Uddin Khan	103,499	41.1	+4.8
	IJOF	Md. Azizur Rahman Arzu	4,175	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Ashraful Alam Chowdhury	448	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Ranesh Moitra	396	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA (Sadeq)	Md. Akkas Ali Khan	264	0.1	N/A
Majority			39,385	15.6	+10.8
Turnout			251,666	74.8	-3.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Pabna-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	78,165	41.1	N/A
	AL	A. K. Khandker	69,119	36.3	+5.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Sobhan	37,336	19.6	-27.7
	JP(E)	Md. Iqbal	4,377	2.3	+1.5
	Zaker Party	Taslim Hasan Suman	659	0.3	+0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Amzad Hossain	423	0.2	N/A
	FP	Md. Aminul Islam Talukdar	85	0.0	-0.1
Majority			9,046	4.8	-12.1
Turnout			190,164	77.9	+18.1
	BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 1991: Pabna-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdus Sobhan	75,586	47.3
	AL	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	48,559	30.4
	BNP	Abul Hasnat	23,734	14.9
	UCL	Md. Aminul Haq	9,073	5.7
	JP(E)	Md. Shawkat Ali	1,280	0.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shahjahan Bishwas	557	0.3
	Zaker Party	Taslim Hasan Suman	351	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Md. Abdul Kuddus	305	0.2
	FP	Md. Hasan Ali	168	0.1
	Dhumpan O MAdokdrobba Nibaronkari Manabsheba Schansta	Md. Sheikh Abdul Aziz	138	0.1
Majority			27,027	16.9
Turnout			159,751	59.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Pabna-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. আ’লীগে প্রার্থী ৮, বিএনপি ও জামায়াতের মধ্যে কাড়াকাড়ি. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
9. প্রিন্স ভোটের মাঠে, শিমুল জেলে. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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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