Sylhet-5
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
Sylhet-5 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 324,510 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Independent |
Member(s) | Husam Uddin Chowdhury Fultali |
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.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | A. Zahur Miah | Independent[4] | |
1979 | Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai | [5] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar | Jatiya Party[6] | |
1988 | |||
1991 | Obaidul Haque | Islami Oikya Jote | |
Feb 1996 | Abdul Kahir Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] | |
Jun 1996 | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | Awami League | |
2001 | Farid Uddin Chowdhury | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | |
2008 | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | Awami League | |
2014 | Salim Uddin | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
2018 | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | Awami League[1] | |
2024 | Husam Uddin Chowdhury | Independent |
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.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | 109,690 | 54.7 | +21.3 | ||
JP(E) | Farid Uddin Choudhury | 78,061 | 38.9 | N/A | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Ubydullah Faruk | 8,946 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Kutub Uddin Ahmed Sikder | 2,599 | 1.3 | +1.1 | ||
KSJL | Oliur Rahman | 829 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Independent | Zobayer Ahmed Chowdhury | 331 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 31,629 | 15.8 | +0.1 | |||
Turnout | 200,456 | 82.1 | +16.1 | |||
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Jamaat-e-Islami | Farid Uddin Chowdhury | 77,750 | 49.1 | +25 | ||
AL | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | 52,885 | 33.4 | +8.2 | ||
IJOF | M. R. Haq | 23,538 | 14.9 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Nazma Akter Chowdhury | 3,389 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Kutub Uddin Ahmed Sikder | 388 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | M. A. Matin Chowdhury | 317 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 24,865 | 15.7 | +14.5 | |||
Turnout | 158,267 | 66.0 | +3.6 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | 29,483 | 25.2 | +3.5 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Farid Uddin Chowdhury | 28,120 | 24.1 | +7.3 | ||
JP(E) | Md. Abdul Rakib | 15,054 | 12.9 | −1.8 | ||
Sammilita Sangram Parishad | Md. Habibur Rahman | 14,356 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Alim Uddin | 13,325 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Obaidul Haque | 10,425 | 8.9 | −20.1 | ||
BNP | M. A. Matin Chowdhury | 4,860 | 4.2 | −11.9 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. T. M. Abdul Mustaqim | 455 | 0.4 | −0.3 | ||
Zaker Party | Khaja Moin Uddin Ahmed | 364 | 0.3 | −0.3 | ||
Independent | Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed | 237 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Md. Atikur Rahman | 212 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,363 | 1.2 | −4.4 | |||
Turnout | 116,891 | 62.4 | +18.5 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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IOJ | Obaidul Haque | 26,267 | 29.0 | |||
AL | Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | 19,682 | 21.7 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Farid Uddin Chowdhury | 15,207 | 16.8 | |||
BNP | Harris Chowdhury | 14,596 | 16.1 | |||
JP(E) | M. A. Matin Chowdhury | 13,298 | 14.7 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. T. M. Abdul Muntakim | 632 | 0.7 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Abdul Karim | 523 | 0.6 | |||
JSD | Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed | 388 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 6,585 | 5.6 | ||||
Turnout | 90,593 | 43.9 | ||||
IOJ gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ a b "Sylhet-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Bangladesh Election Commission. "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Sylhet-5". Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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