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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chittagong-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.
Chittagong-5 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Chittagong District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 430,124 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Parliamentary Party | Vacant |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
Prev. Constituency | Chittagong-4 (Constituency 281) |
Next Constituency | Chittagong-6 (Constituency 283) |
The constituency encompasses Hathazari Upazila and Chittagong Cantonment and Chattogram City Corporation No.1 South Pahartali Ward and No.2 Jalalabad Ward.[2][3]
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.[2][4]
Key
Anisul Islam Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Party | Symbol | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | |
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JaPa(E) | Plough | Anisul Islam Mahmud | 277,909 | 82.85 | N/A | |
BKP | Sheaf of paddy | Syed Muhammad Ibrahim | 44,381 | 13.24 | N/A | |
BIF | Candle | Md. Nayeemul Islam | 8,741 | 2.61 | N/A | |
IFB | Chair | Sayed Hafiz Ahmed | 1,745 | 0.52 | N/A | |
IAB | Hand fan | Mohammad Rafiq | 1,419 | 0.42 | N/A | |
Independent | Lion | Mohammad Nasir Haider Karim | 537 | 0.16 | N/A | |
IOJ | Minaret | Moin Uddin Ruhi | 375 | 0.11 | N/A | |
BKA | Banyan | Mir Idris | 127 | 0.04 | N/A | |
KM | Wall clock | Shihabuddin | 109 | 0.03 | N/A | |
JUIB | Date palm | Md. Nasir Uddin | 79 | 0.02 | N/A | |
Valid votes | 335,422 | 97.92 | ||||
Invalid votes | 7,114 | 2.08 | ||||
Total votes | 342,536 | 100.0 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 430,124 | 79.64 | ||||
Majority | 233,528 | 69.62 | ||||
Jatiya Party (Ershad) hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Anisul Islam Mahmud | 86,606 | 52.4 | +7.6 | ||
BNP | Syed Wahidul Alam | 78,711 | 47.6 | −3.4 | ||
Majority | 7,895 | 4.8 | −1.3 | |||
Turnout | 165,317 | 78.7 | +6.0 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Syed Wahidul Alam | 84,063 | 51.0 | +3.6 | |
AL | Md. Ibrahim Hossain Chowdhury | 73,938 | 44.8 | +9.6 | |
BIF | Abul Bashar Siddiqi | 4,854 | 2.9 | +1.3 | |
IJOF | Nazim Uddin Chowdhury | 1,895 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Syed Md. Musa Kalimullah | 195 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,125 | 6.1 | −6.1 | ||
Turnout | 164,945 | 72.7 | +2.8 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Syed Wahidul Alam | 57,010 | 47.4 | −8.1 | |
AL | Md. Abdus Salam | 42,311 | 35.2 | −3.6 | |
JP(E) | Anisul Islam Mahmud | 12,964 | 10.8 | +8.4 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Mohammad Omar Faruk | 5,075 | 4.2 | N/A | |
BIF | Syed Md. Rafiqul Islam | 1,914 | 1.6 | −0.4 | |
BKA | Mohammad Abdur Razzak | 560 | 0.5 | −0.3 | |
Gano Forum | Ratan Roy | 250 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Nowab Miah | 170 | 0.1 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 11,939 | 12.2 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 120,254 | 69.9 | +17.6 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Syed Wahidul Alam | 56,469 | 55.5 | |||
AL | Md. Nazim Uddin | 39,471 | 38.8 | |||
JP(E) | Md. Abdulla Al Mamun | 2,400 | 2.4 | |||
BIF | Yunus Company | 1,999 | 2.0 | |||
BKA | Md. Habibullah | 850 | 0.8 | |||
NDP | A. K. M. Ah. Chowdhury | 308 | 0.3 | |||
Zaker Party | Nowab Miah | 283 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 16,998 | 16.7 | ||||
Turnout | 101,780 | 52.3 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
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