Barisal-5
Barisal-5 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Barisal District |
Division | Barisal Division |
Electorate | 397,514 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member(s) | vacant |
Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Barisal City Corporation and Barisal Sadar Upazila.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Abdul Mannan Howlader | Awami League[4] | |
1979 | Sunil Kumar Gupta | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
1986 | M. Matiur Rahman | Jatiya Party[6][7] | |
1991 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Dec 1991 by-election | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | Nasim Biswas | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1998 by-election | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Jan 2014 | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | Awami League | |
Jun 2014 by-election | Jebunnesa Afroz | Awami League | |
2018 | Zahid Faruk | Awami League[1] | |
2024 | Zahid Faruk | Awami League |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Shawkat Hossain Hiron died in April 2014.[8] Jebunnesa Afroz, his widow, was elected in a June 2014 by-election.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Jebunnesa Afroz | 183,629 | 96.1 | +49.3 | |
BNF | Saiful Islam Liton | 6,136 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 177,493 | 92.9 | +90.2 | ||
Turnout | 191,028 | 55.8 | −24.1 | ||
AL hold |
Shawkat Hossain Hiron, of the Awami League, was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | 105,694 | 45.0 | −14.7 | |
AL | Zahid Faruk | 99,393 | 42.3 | +13.5 | |
IAB | Sayed Md. Faizul Karim | 27,156 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Mizanur Rahman Bachchu | 2,023 | 0.9 | N/A | |
National People's Party | A.B.M. Masud Karim | 251 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Mahbub Uddin Ahmed | 225 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,301 | 2.7 | −28.1 | ||
Turnout | 234,742 | 79.9 | +16.1 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | 108,412 | 59.7 | ||
AL | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 52,385 | 28.8 | ||
IJOF | Sayed Md. Faizul Karim | 20,553 | 11.3 | ||
JSD | S. M. Saifur Rahman | 244 | 0.1 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Shafiqul Islam Shah Alam | 143 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 56,027 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 181,737 | 63.8 | |||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Nasim Biswas died in March 1998.[14] Majibur Rahman Sarwar, of the BNP, was elected in a mid-1998 by-election.[15][16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Nasim Biswas | 70,804 | 45.8 | ||
AL | Mahabub Uddin Ahmed | 42,922 | 27.7 | ||
JP(E) | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 31,111 | 20.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Muazzaman Hossain Helel | 4,667 | 3.0 | ||
IOJ | Syed Nashir Ahmed Kowsher | 4,647 | 3.0 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mostafizur Rahman | 330 | 0.2 | ||
FP | A. Hannan Chowdhury | 131 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Md. Hannan Sherniabad | 69 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | Md. A. Malek Mridha | 68 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 27,882 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 154,749 | 73.7 | |||
BNP hold |
In October 1991, Abdur Rahman Biswas became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat.[17] M. R. Sarwar was elected in a December 1991 by-election.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Abdur Rahman Biswas | 52,095 | 43.7 | |||
AL | Mahabub Uddin Ahmed | 28,705 | 24.1 | |||
JP(E) | M. Matiur Rahman | 22,864 | 19.2 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abul Hasnat Md. Nurullah | 5,704 | 4.8 | |||
IOJ | Rashid Ahmod Ferdous | 4,177 | 3.5 | |||
WPB | Rashed Khan Menon | 1,712 | 1.4 | |||
Zaker Party | Alauddin Miah | 1,544 | 1.3 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Obaidul Islam | 1,383 | 1.2 | |||
Independent | Md. Enaet Pir Khan | 336 | 0.3 | |||
Independent | Tofael Ahmed | 165 | 0.1 | |||
National Democratic Party | Shamsul Alam | 138 | 0.1 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Sikder Md. Nizam | 131 | 0.1 | |||
FP | Kazi Abdul Naim | 118 | 0.1 | |||
Jatiya Jukta Front | F. A. Faisal | 87 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Khandakar M. A. Kasem | 35 | 0.0 | |||
Majority | 23,390 | 19.6 | ||||
Turnout | 119,194 | 47.9 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Barishal-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Swapan, Anisur Rahman (22 May 2014). "AL and BNF Candidates will fight for Barisal-5 by-election". Amader Barisal. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Swapan, Anisur Rahman (16 June 2014). "By-Election Result of Barisal-5". Amader Barisal. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Former Bangladesh president Abdur Rahman Biswas dies at 91". bdnews24.com. 3 March 2017.
- ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 167. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
- ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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- ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
External links
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