Gaibandha-5

Gaibandha-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, The constituency is vacant.

Gaibandha-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gaibandha District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	313,755 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 32 Gaibandha-4 34 Joypurhat-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Fulchhari and Saghata upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Jatiya Party[4][5]
	Feb 1996	Matiar Rahman Tuku	Independent[6]
	Jun 1996	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Jatiya Party
	2001	Rowshan Ershad	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	Fazle Rabbi Miah	Awami League
	2023 by-election	Mahmud Hasan Ripon

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Fazle Rabbi Miah died in July 2022. Mahmud Hasan Ripon was elected in an January 2023 by-election.

By-election: Gaibandha-5, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahmud Hasan Ripon	78,276	60.39	—
	JP(E)	A. H. M. Golam Shahid Ranju	44,950	34.68	+31.28
	Independent	Syed Md. Mahbubur Rahman	2,950	2.27	—
	BDB	Md. Jahangir Alam	1,796	1.38	—
	Independent	Nahiduzzaman Nishad (boycotted)	1,640	1.26	—
Margin of victory			33,326	25.71	—
Turnout			129,612	38.23	−48.48
	AL hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Fazle Rabbi Miah was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gaibandha-5^[2][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Fazle Rabbi Miah	98,461	44.6	+4.3
	JP(E)	Rowshan Ershad	94,143	42.7	N/A
	BNP	Md. Hasan Ali	27,066	12.3	+6.9
	BSD	Md. Noushaduzzaman	486	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Md. Sahif Uddin Kazol	433	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Azharul Islam	105	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,318	2.0	−9.4
Turnout			220,694	88.6	+16.2
	AL gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Gaibandha-5^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Rowshan Ershad	93,432	51.7	N/A
	AL	Fazle Rabbi Miah	72,804	40.3	+10.1
	BNP	Rostam Ali Molla	9,797	5.4	−4.4
	WPB	Md. A. Rouf	1,226	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Md. Makhsedur Rahman	1,115	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Md. A. Taher	1,099	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nuran Nabi Pradhan	985	0.6	N/A
	JSD	Shah Md. Matiar Rahman	137	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Maroof Akter	85	0.1	N/A
Majority			20,628	11.4	−9.9
Turnout			180,680	72.4	0.0
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gaibandha-5^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Fazle Rabbi Miah	69,094	51.5	+11.7
	AL	Md. Habibur Rahman	40,478	30.2	+3.6
	BNP	Md. Matiur Rahman	13,188	9.8	−4.3
	JI	Md. Salim Uddin Bepary	10,077	7.5	−8.0
	Gano Forum	Golzar Rahman	450	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Nakibuddin	327	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Bazlur Rashid Prodhan	252	0.2	0.0
	FP	Md. Kamal Pasa Badsa	239	0.2	N/A
Majority			28,616	21.3	+8.1
Turnout			134,105	72.4	+19.7
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Gaibandha-5^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Fazle Rabbi Miah	43,816	39.8
	AL	Md. Nurunnabi Pradhan	29,258	26.6
	JI	Abdul Gafur	17,056	15.5
	BNP	Rostam Ali Molla	15,545	14.1
	JSD (S)	Belal Hossain Yusuf	2,256	2.1
	BAKSAL	Ataur Rahman	1,623	1.5
	Zaker Party	Lutfar Rahman	190	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abu Zafar Sarkar	172	0.2
	WPB	Aminul Islam Mia	108	0.1
Majority			14,558	13.2
Turnout			110,024	52.7
	JP(E) hold