Chandpur-5 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Chandpur District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Chittagong Division |
Electorate: | 408,496 (2018) |
Year: | 1984 |
Members: | Rafiqul Islam |
Party: | Awami League |
Chandpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Rafiqul Islam of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Hajiganj and Shahrasti upazilas.
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-23 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.
Rafiqul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after 18 parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the election citing unfair conditions for the election.[1]