Mymensingh-5

Mymensingh-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Nazrul Islam of the Awami League.

Mymensingh-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	306,525 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 149 Mymensingh-4 151 Mymensingh-6 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Muktagacha Upazila.^[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
	1973	Mohammad Abdul Hakim	Awami League[4]
	1979	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	BNP[5]
	1986	Shamsul Huda Chaudhury	Jatiya Party[6][7]
	1991	Keramat Ali Talukdar	BNP[8]
	Feb 1996	Abu Reza Fazlul Haque Bablu
	Jun 1996	A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain
	2008	K. M. Khalid	Awami League
	2014	Salahuddin Ahmed Mukti	Jatiya Party
	2018	K. M. Khalid	Awami League[1]
	2024	Md Nazrul Islam	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Salahuddin Ahmed Mukti was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Mymensingh-5^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	K. M. Khalid	121,255	58.9	+15.5
	BNP	Md. Jakir Hossen	81,205	39.5	−13.6
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Habibur Rahman	2,275	1.1	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Sayed Ali	439	0.2	−0.1
	IAB	Md. Tafazzul Hossain	346	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Sayed Mizanur Rahman	320	0.2	N/A
Majority			40,050	19.5	+9.8
Turnout			205,840	85.9	+11.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-5^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain	90,501	53.1	+13.0
	AL	Rashida Mohiuddin	74,033	43.4	+5.5
	IJOF	Abul Bari	4,600	2.7	N/A
	KSJL	Biswajit Nandi	579	0.3	N/A
	WPB	Paresh Chandra Saha	296	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Md. Amjat Hossain	285	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Chowdhury A. Mannan	171	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,468	9.7	+7.5
Turnout			170,465	74.0	+6.6
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-5^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain	48,330	40.1	−6.8
	AL	Shamsul Huda Chaudhury	45,706	37.9	+5.1
	JP(E)	Abul Bari	19,169	15.9	+7.7
	JI	Sirajul Islam Khan	4,702	3.9	−5.3
	IOJ	Mansurul Haque Khan	1,965	1.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sujat Hossain Khan	798	0.7	−0.7
Majority			2,624	2.2	−11.9
Turnout			120,670	67.4	+22.1
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-5^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Keramat Ali Talukdar	38,126	46.9
	AL	Shamsul Haque	26,675	32.8
	JI	Sirajul Islam Khan	7,494	9.2
	JP(E)	Md. Isahaq Ali Sarkar	6,628	8.2
	Zaker Party	Sujat Hossain Khan	1,142	1.4
	Jatia Mukti Dal	Kh. A. Malek	945	1.2
	WPB	Paresh Chandra Saha	319	0.4
Majority			11,451	14.1
Turnout			81,329	45.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)