Chittagong-5

Chittagong-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate430,124 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyVacant
Member of ParliamentVacant
Prev. ConstituencyChittagong-4 (Constituency 281)
Next ConstituencyChittagong-6 (Constituency 283)

Chittagong-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hathazari Upazila and Chittagong Cantonment and Chattogram City Corporation No.1 South Pahartali Ward and No.2 Jalalabad Ward.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission shifted the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had encompassed Raozan Upazila and only one union parishad of Hathazari Upazila: Garduara.[2][4]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)

Election Member Party
1973 Abdul Wahab Awami League[5]
1979 Anisul Islam Mahmud Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
1986 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party[7][8]
1988
1991 Syed Wahidul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1996
2001
2008 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2014
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anisul Islam Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]

General Election 2018: Chattogram-5[10]
Party Symbol Candidate Votes % ±pp
JaPa(E) Plough Anisul Islam Mahmud 277,909 82.85 N/A
BKP Sheaf of paddy Syed Muhammad Ibrahim 44,381 13.24 N/A
BIF Candle Md. Nayeemul Islam 8,741 2.61 N/A
IFB Chair Sayed Hafiz Ahmed 1,745 0.52 N/A
IAB Hand fan Mohammad Rafiq 1,419 0.42 N/A
Independent Lion Mohammad Nasir Haider Karim 537 0.16 N/A
IOJ Minaret Moin Uddin Ruhi 375 0.11 N/A
BKA Banyan Mir Idris 127 0.04 N/A
KM Wall clock Shihabuddin 109 0.03 N/A
JUIB Date palm Md. Nasir Uddin 79 0.02 N/A
Valid votes 335,422 97.92
Invalid votes 7,114 2.08
Total votes 342,536 100.0
Registered voters/turnout 430,124 79.64
Majority 233,528 69.62
Jatiya Party (Ershad) hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-5[2][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Anisul Islam Mahmud 86,606 52.4 +7.6
BNP Syed Wahidul Alam 78,711 47.6 −3.4
Majority 7,895 4.8 −1.3
Turnout 165,317 78.7 +6.0
JP(E) gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chittagong-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Syed Wahidul Alam 84,063 51.0 +3.6
AL Md. Ibrahim Hossain Chowdhury 73,938 44.8 +9.6
BIF Abul Bashar Siddiqi 4,854 2.9 +1.3
IJOF Nazim Uddin Chowdhury 1,895 1.2 N/A
Independent Syed Md. Musa Kalimullah 195 0.1 N/A
Majority 10,125 6.1 −6.1
Turnout 164,945 72.7 +2.8
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Syed Wahidul Alam 57,010 47.4 −8.1
AL Md. Abdus Salam 42,311 35.2 −3.6
JP(E) Anisul Islam Mahmud 12,964 10.8 +8.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Mohammad Omar Faruk 5,075 4.2 N/A
BIF Syed Md. Rafiqul Islam 1,914 1.6 −0.4
BKA Mohammad Abdur Razzak 560 0.5 −0.3
Gano Forum Ratan Roy 250 0.2 N/A
Zaker Party Nowab Miah 170 0.1 −0.2
Majority 11,939 12.2 −4.5
Turnout 120,254 69.9 +17.6
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Chittagong-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Syed Wahidul Alam 56,469 55.5
AL Md. Nazim Uddin 39,471 38.8
JP(E) Md. Abdulla Al Mamun 2,400 2.4
BIF Yunus Company 1,999 2.0
BKA Md. Habibullah 850 0.8
NDP A. K. M. Ah. Chowdhury 308 0.3
Zaker Party Nowab Miah 283 0.3
Majority 16,998 16.7
Turnout 101,780 52.3
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ^ "Chattogram-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  5. ^ Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Chittagong-5". Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 11th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 199-300, Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka (20 June 2019)
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. 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. ^ 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.

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