Chittagong-5 Explained

Chittagong-5
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chittagong District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:430,124 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Vacant
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:Vacant
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Chittagong-4 (Constituency 281)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Chittagong-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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberParty
1973Abdul WahabAwami League
1979Anisul Islam MahmudBangladesh Nationalist Party
1986Anisul Islam MahmudJatiya Party
1988Anisul Islam MahmudJatiya Party
1991Syed Wahidul AlamBangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1991
2001
2008Anisul Islam MahmudJatiya 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.

Party!Symbol!Candidate!Votes!%!±pp
JaPa(E)PloughAnisul Islam Mahmud277,90982.85N/A
BKPSheaf of paddySyed Muhammad Ibrahim44,38113.24N/A
BIFCandleMd. Nayeemul Islam8,7412.61N/A
IFBChairSayed Hafiz Ahmed1,7450.52N/A
IABHand fanMohammad Rafiq1,4190.42N/A
IndependentLionMohammad Nasir Haider Karim5370.16N/A
IOJMinaretMoin Uddin Ruhi3750.11N/A
BKABanyanMir Idris1270.04N/A
KMWall clockShihabuddin1090.03N/A
JUIBDate palmMd. Nasir Uddin790.02N/A
Valid votes335,42297.92
Invalid votes7,1142.08
Total votes342,536100.0
Registered voters/turnout430,12479.64
Majority233,52869.62
Jatiya Party (Ershad) holdSwing

Elections in the 1990s

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