Rajshahi-5

Rajshahi-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rajshahi District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	301,677 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Mansur Rahman

Rajshahi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mansur Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Puthia upazilas. ^{[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	Sardar Mohammad Jahangir	Awami League [4]
	1979	Mokhlechhar Rahman Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand	Awami League [6] [7]
	1991	Azizur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Md. Alauddin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1999 by-election	Md. Alauddin	Awami League
	2000 by-election	Raihanul Haque	Awami League
	2001	Kabir Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdul Wadud Dara	Awami League
	2018	Mansur Rahman	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Wadud Dara was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rajshahi-5 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Wadud Dara	124,398	53.1	+24.9
	BNP	Nazrul Islam	108,083	46.2	+0.8
	LDP	S. M. Shafiul Azam	740	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Abul Kalam Azad	612	0.2	N/A
	BTF	Moktar Hossen	243	0.1	N/A
	National People's Party	Showkat Hossen Khan	98	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,315	7.0	-10.1
Turnout			234,174	94.6	+8.8
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Kabir Hossain	88,173	45.4
	AL	Raihanul Haque	54,882	28.2
	Independent	Akkas Ali	33,134	17.1
	IJOF	Md. Makhlesur Rahman	11,753	6.1
	Independent	Azizur Rahman	6,223	3.2
	JSD	Nurul Islam	187	0.1
Majority			33,291	17.1
Turnout			194,352	85.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

In 1998, Sheikh Hasina made Md. Alauddin a state minister in her government. This led to his expulsion from the BNP, and to the Election Commission declaring his seat vacant on 11 October 1999 under Article 70 of the Constitution, which penalizes floor-crossing. ^{[12] [13]} This triggered a by-election in late 1999, which Alauddin won as an Awami League candidate. ^{[13] [14]}

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Alauddin	65,594	41.3	+4.0
	AL	Anisur Rahman	58,614	36.9	+1.5
	JP(E)	Md. Azizul Alam	19,366	12.2	+0.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Mannan	14,688	9.2	-5.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nurul Islam	189	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Md. Abdur Rashid Sarkar	129	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Halim	115	0.1	-0.1
Majority			6,980	4.4	+2.5
Turnout			158,675	87.6	-11.1
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Azizur Rahman	48,542	37.3
	AL	Md. Alauddin	46,116	35.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Mannan	19,515	15.0
	JP(E)	Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand	15,241	11.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Halim	303	0.2
	JSD	Muhammad Shafiur Rahman Shafi	277	0.2
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Md. Fazle Rabbi	158	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Ramzan Ali Sarder	153	0.1
Majority			2,426	1.9
Turnout			130,305	76.5
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. "Rajshahi-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "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.
12. Chowdhury, Mahfuzul H. (2003). Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions. Ashgate. pp. 89–90, 104. ISBN   0-7546-3423-X.
13. Chowdhury, Rashed (23 June 2001). "Hasina's cabinet sets a record". Gulf News. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
14. "Millennium hangover in House". The Daily Star. 2 January 2000. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

External links

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

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