Chittagong-5

Chittagong-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	430,124 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hathazari Upazila and Chittagong Cantonment and Chattogram City Corporation No.1 South Pahartali Ward and No.2 Jalalabad Ward.^[2][3]

History

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]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdul Wahab	Awami League[5]
	1979	Anisul Islam Mahmud	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
	1986	Anisul Islam Mahmud	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1988
	1991	Syed Wahidul Alam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001
	2008	Anisul Islam Mahmud	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anisul Islam Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

General Election 2018: Chattogram-5^[10]

Party		Symbol	Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-5^[2][11][12]

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

General Election 2001: Chittagong-5^[13]

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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-5^[13]

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
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Chittagong-5^[13]

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)