Noakhali-5
Noakhali-5 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Noakhali District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 331,793 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Obaidul Quader |
Noakhali-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Obaidul Quader of the Awami League.
Boundaries[]
The constituency encompasses Companiganj and Kabirhat upazilas.[2]
History[]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Noakhali Sadar Upazila: Ashwadia and Niazpur.[3][2][4]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Abdur Rahman | Awami League[5] | |
1979 | Moudud Ahmed | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6] | |
1986 | Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud | Bangladesh Awami League[7][8] | |
1991 | Moudud Ahmed | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
February 1996 | ASM Enamul Haque | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
June 1996 | Obaidul Quader | Awami League | |
2001 | Moudud Ahmed | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Obaidul Quader | Awami League |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Obaidul Quader was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Obaidul Quader | 112,575 | 50.1 | +23.9 | ||
BNP | Moudud Ahmed | 111,204 | 49.5 | +1.2 | ||
Independent | Enayet Ullah Siddiqui | 766 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,371 | 0.6 | -21.4 | |||
Turnout | 224,545 | 85.8 | +20.5 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Moudud Ahmed | 84,578 | 48.3 | +28.3 | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Obaidul Quader | 45,972 | 26.2 | -10.5 | ||
Independent | Ekramul Karim Chowdhury | 42,048 | 24.0 | N/A | ||
IJOF | A. N. M. Shahajahan | 1,932 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
JSD | Abdur Razzak | 341 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Golap Mowla | 199 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Bikash Chandra Sarkar | 106 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
BKA | Md. Mizanur Rahman Sahabuddin | 105 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 38,606 | 22.0 | +11.5 | |||
Turnout | 175,281 | 65.3 | +1.5 | |||
BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Obaidul Quader | 40,280 | 36.7 | +4.7 | ||
JP(E) | Moudud Ahmed | 28,744 | 26.2 | -9.8 | ||
BNP | A .S. M. Enamul Haque | 21,929 | 20.0 | +2.8 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher | 17,445 | 15.9 | +1.6 | ||
Independent | A. N. M. Shahjahan | 560 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Anisul Haque | 312 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Gano Forum | Mohammad Hanif | 226 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | A. M. M. Anowar | 182 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 11,536 | 10.5 | +6.5 | |||
Turnout | 109,678 | 63.8 | +28.5 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Moudud Ahmed | 31,448 | 36.0 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League | Obaidul Quader | 27,917 | 32.0 | |||
BNP | Md. Zakir Hossain | 15,047 | 17.2 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher | 12,499 | 14.3 | |||
JSD (R) | Khizir Hayat | 231 | 0.3 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | S. M. Abul Kasem | 148 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 3,531 | 4.0 | ||||
Turnout | 87,290 | 35.3 | ||||
JP(E) gain from Bangladesh Awami League |
References[]
- ^ "Noakhali-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). 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 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ 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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links[]
Coordinates: 25°05′N 91°46′E / 25.08°N 91.76°E
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
- Noakhali District
- Chittagong Division geography stubs