Gaibandha-5 Explained

Gaibandha-5
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Gaibandha District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Rangpur Division
Electorate:	313,755 (2018)
Year:	1984
Members:	vacant
Module:	Seat no. 33

Gaibandha-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 Fulchhari and Saghata upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Jatiya Party
	February 1996	Matiar Rahman Tuku	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[1]
	June 1996	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Jatiya Party
	2001	Rowshan Ershad	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Bangladesh Awami League
	2023	Mahmud Hasan Ripon	Bangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Fazle Rabbi Miah was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

External links

• Web site: People's Republic of Bangladesh . Psephos.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of 6th Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf . 15 September 2018 . 9 April 2020.