Narsingdi-5

Narsingdi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Narsingdi-5
Raipura constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Narsingdi District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	455,297 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant
← 202 Narsingdi-4 204 Narayanganj-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Raipura Upazila.^[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dhaka-26 constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of Raipura Upazila. Previously it had excluded three union parishads: Daukar Char, Marjal, and Uttar Bakharnagar.^[2][5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Asadul Haq Khasru	NAP[6]
	1988	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Abdul Ali Mridha	BNP
	1996	Rajiuddin Ahmed	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Narsingdi-5^[1][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	142,416	64.0	+10.9
	BNP	Jamal Ahmed Chowdhury	77,549	34.8	−10.3
	Independent	Md. Shahidul Islam	1,674	0.8	N/A
	Gano Forum	Farida Yasmin	694	0.3	N/A
	NAP	Omar Farook	205	0.1	N/A
Majority			64,867	29.1	+21.1
Turnout			222,538	88.9	+12.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Narsingdi-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	117,096	53.1	+8.1
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	99,509	45.1	+8.3
	IJOF	Md. Hossain Bhuyan	3,327	1.5	N/A
	CPB	Md. Aminul Haq	790	0.4	N/A
Majority			17,587	8.0	−0.2
Turnout			220,722	76.1	−0.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Narsingdi-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	75,672	45.0	+22.5
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	61,862	36.8	+13.7
	JP(E)	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	21,759	12.9	+12.3
	JI	Md. Sulaiman Mridha	3,645	2.2	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Aminur Rahman	3,142	1.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sarkar Tamiz Uddin Ahmed	784	0.5	−1.0
	FP	Ibrahim Mridha	454	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Asadul Haq Khasru	398	0.2	+5.0
	BKA	Abul Kashem Kashemi	256	0.2	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	A. K. M. Shahidul Islam	193	0.1	−16.4
Majority			13,820	8.2	+7.6
Turnout			168,165	76.5	+18.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Narsingdi-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Ali Mridha	37,360	23.1
	AL	Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	36,455	22.5
	Independent	A. Based Chowdhury	29,956	18.5
	Ganatantri Party	Fazlul Haq Khandakar	26,758	16.5
	Independent	Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	14,642	9.0
	Independent	Asadul Haq Khasru	8,390	5.2
	Independent	A. Momen Bhuiyan	4,508	2.8
	Zaker Party	Matiur Rahman	2,476	1.5
	JP(E)	A. Hai Farazi	1,019	0.6
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Rezaul Karim	328	0.2
Majority			905	0.6
Turnout			161,892	57.9
	BNP gain from JP(E)