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Kishoreganj-5

Kishoreganj-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictKishoreganj District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate278,708 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984

Kishoreganj-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Afzal Hossain of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bajitpur and Nikli upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.[4]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1986 Mohammad Abdul Hamid Awami League[5]
1988 Abdul Latif Bhuiyan Jatiya Party[6]
1991 Mohammad Abdul Hamid Awami League
Feb 1996 Imdadul Haque BNP
Jun 1996 Mohammad Abdul Hamid Awami League
2008 Afzal Hossain

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Afzal Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kishoreganj-5[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Afzal Hossain 123,474 64.8 +13.4
BNP Mojibur Rahman Monju 65,054 34.2 +20.5
BDB Md. Abdur Rahim 1,732 0.9 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Md. Aminul Ahasan 200 0.1 N/A
Majority 58,420 30.7 +14.1
Turnout 190,460 88.5 +16.2
AL hold
General Election 2001: Kishoreganj-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Abdul Hamid 93,915 51.4 +14.4
KSJL Md. Fazlur Rahman 63,656 34.9 N/A
BNP Jahir Uddin Bhuiyan 25,064 13.7 −4.9
Majority 30,259 16.6 +15.2
Turnout 182,635 72.3 −3.0
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kishoreganj-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Abdul Hamid 54,073 37.0 −17.9
Independent Md. Fazlur Rahman 52,024 35.6 N/A
BNP Emdadul Haque 27,251 18.6 −4.6
JP(E) Ershad Uddin Ahmed Khan Milki 8,045 5.5 +3.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdus Salam Khan Pathan 2,211 1.5 −2.0
Gano Forum Borhanuddin Chowdhury 2,100 1.4 N/A
Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan K. M. Aminul Haque 568 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,049 1.4 −30.3
Turnout 146,272 75.3 +24.0
AL hold
General Election 1991: Kishoreganj-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Abdul Hamid 62,792 54.9
BNP Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan 26,540 23.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin) A. H. M. Kamruzzaman Khan 16,205 14.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdus Salam Khan Pathan 4,058 3.5
JP(E) Md. Shafiqul Islam 2,301 2.0
Zaker Party Md. Ahmed Karim Mollah 887 0.8
WPB Kazi Salah Uddin 520 0.5
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Ali Ahmed Milki 451 0.4
Ganatantri Party Md. Hasmat Uddin Thakur 338 0.3
Independent Golam Rabbani 294 0.3
Majority 36,252 31.7
Turnout 114,386 51.3
AL gain from

References

  1. ^ "Kishoreganj-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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