Rangpur-5

Rangpur-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rangpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	386,414 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Zakir Hossain Sarkar
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Rangpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Zakir Hossain Sarkar of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mithapukur 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	Abid Ali	Awami League [4]
	1979	Kazi Nuruzzaman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	1986	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	Awami League [6]
	1988	Mohammad Harij Uddin Sarker	[7]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	Sep 1996 by-election	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	Awami League
	2001	Shah Md. Soliman Alam	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	Awami League
	2024	Zakir Hossain Sarkar	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

H. N. Ashequr Rahman was 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: Rangpur-5 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	124,684	43.9	+11.6
	JP(E)	SM Fakhar-uz-Zaman	100,348	35.4	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Md. Hafizur Rahman	56,053	19.8	-2.9
	IAB	Abdul Gani	1,542	0.5	N/A
	BSD	Md. Mominul Islam	871	0.3	N/A
	PDP	Md. Rafiqul Islam Sarkar	277	0.1	N/A
Majority			24,336	8.6	-2.7
Turnout			283,775	90.4	+7.9
	AL gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Shah Md. Soliman Alam	101,956	43.6
	AL	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	75,608	32.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Bakar Wahedi	53,179	22.7
	CPB	Md. Shamsuzzaman	1,255	0.5
	Jatiya Party (M)	Mostafizur Rahman	871	0.4
	Independent	Md. Rustam Ali	356	0.2
	Independent	Md. Kamruzzaman	255	0.1
	Independent	Md. Nozmuch Sakib Pradhan	228	0.1
	Independent	Tajul Kabir Chowdhury	75	0.0
	Independent	Md. Kamrul Hasan	50	0.0
Majority			26,348	11.3
Turnout			233,833	82.5
	IJOF gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election: ^[12] Rangpur-2, ^[13] Rangpur-3, ^[14] Rangpur-5, ^[11] Rangpur-6, ^[15] and Kurigram-3. ^[16] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[17] H. N. Ashequr Rahman was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^[18]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	87,387	51.5
	AL	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	50,839	30.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Mozaffar Ahmed	24,531	14.5
	BNP	Md. Nurul Huda	3,305	2.0
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Samsuzzaman	1,263	0.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Taslim Prodhan	1,020	0.6
	Independent	Mozammel Hossain	337	0.2
	FP	Md. Mojibur Rahman Sarkar	326	0.2
	Independent	Golam Mohammad Kader	310	0.2
	Independent	Md. Nozmuch Sakib Pradhan	242	0.1
Majority			36,548	21.6
Turnout			169,570	74.1
	JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: ^[12] Rangpur-1, ^[19] Rangpur-2, ^[13] Rangpur-3, ^[14] Rangpur-5, ^[11] and Rangpur-6. ^[15] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[20] Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[21]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	71,132	50.2
	AL	H. N. Ashequr Rahman	38,810	27.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Bakar Wahedi	25,425	18.0
	BNP	Md. Nurul Huda	3,066	2.2
	Zaker Party	Md. Taslim Prodhan	2,000	1.4
	CPB	Md. Ahmmod Ali	408	0.3
	FP	Md. Mojibur Rahman Sarkar	365	0.3
	Independent	Md. Shahzahan Mondol	351	0.2
Majority			32,322	22.8
Turnout			141,557	61.3
	JP(E) gain from

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External links

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