Rajshahi-5 | |
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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) | Md. Abdul Wadud |
Rajshahi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md. Abdul Wadud of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Puthia upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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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 | ||
1999 by-election | Md. Alauddin | Awami League | |
2000 by-election | Raihanul Haque | ||
2001 | Kabir Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Abdul Wadud Dara | Awami League | |
2018 | Mansur Rahman | ||
2024 | Md. Abdul Wadud |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
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