Rajshahi-5 Explained

Rajshahi-5
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Rajshahi District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rajshahi Division
Electorate:301,677 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:vacant
Module:Seat no. 56

Rajshahi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md. Abdul Wadud of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Puthia upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Sardar Mohammad JahangirAwami League
1979Mokhlechhar Rahman ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mohammad Nurun Nabi ChandAwami League
1991Azizur RahmanBangladesh Nationalist Party
1996Md. Alauddin
1999 by-electionMd. AlauddinAwami League
2000 by-electionRaihanul Haque
2001Kabir HossainBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Abdul Wadud DaraAwami League
2018Mansur Rahman
2024Md. Abdul Wadud

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Wadud Dara 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

In 1998, Sheikh Hasina made Md. Alauddin a state minister in her government. This led to his expulsion from the BNP, and to the Election Commission declaring his seat vacant on 11 October 1999 under Article 70 of the Constitution, which penalizes floor-crossing. This triggered a by-election in late 1999, which Alauddin won as an Awami League candidate.

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