Sylhet-5 Explained

Sylhet-5
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Sylhet District
Region Label:Division
Region:Sylhet Division
Electorate:324,510 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Husam Uddin Chowdhury Fultali
Party:Independent

Sylhet-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Husam Uddin Chowdhury Fultali of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kanaighat and Zakiganj upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973A. Zahur MiahIndependent
1979Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mahmudur Rahman MajumdarJatiya Party
1988
1991Obaidul HaqueIslami Oikya Jote
Feb 1996Abdul Kahir ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996Hafiz Ahmed MazumderAwami League
2001Farid Uddin ChowdhuryBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008Hafiz Ahmed MazumderAwami League
2014Salim UddinJatiya Party (Ershad)
2018Hafiz Ahmed MazumderAwami League
2024Husam Uddin ChowdhuryIndependent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Salim Uddin was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

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