Rangpur-5 Explained

Rangpur-5
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Rangpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rangpur Division
Electorate:386,414 (2018)
Year:1973

Rangpur-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 Mithapukur Upazila.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Abid AliAwami League
1979Kazi NuruzzamanBNP
Major Boundary Changes
1986H. N. Ashequr RahmanAwami League
1988Mohammad Harij Uddin SarkerJatiya Party
Sep 1991 by-electionMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Sep 1996 by-electionH. N. Ashequr RahmanAwami League
2001Shah Md. Soliman AlamIslami Jatiya Oikya Front
2008H. N. Ashequr RahmanAwami League
2024Zakir Hossain SarkarIndependent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

H. N. Ashequr Rahman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, Rangpur-6, and Kurigram-3. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. H. N. Ashequr Rahman was elected in a September 1996 by-election.

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: Rangpur-1, Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.

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