Pabna-5

Pabna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince of the Awami League.

Pabna-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pabna District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	435,902 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 71 Pabna-4 73 Meherpur-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Pabna Sadar 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	Abdul Momin Talukder	Awami League[4]
	1979	M. A. Matin	Muslim League[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	Awami League[6]
	1988	Md. Iqbal	Independent[7]
	1991	Abdus Sobhan	Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	BNP
	2000 by-election	Mazhar Ali Qadri	Awami League[8][9]
	2001	Abdus Sobhan	Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-5^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince	161,413	52.9	+11.8
	JI	Abdus Sobhan	141,663	46.4	−10.4
	IAB	Arif Billah	1,947	0.6	N/A
Majority			19,750	6.5	−9.1
Turnout			305,023	87.7	+12.9
	AL gain from JI

General Election 2001: Pabna-5^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Abdus Sobhan	142,884	56.8	+37.2
	AL	Md. Wazi Uddin Khan	103,499	41.1	+4.8
	IJOF	Md. Azizur Rahman Arzu	4,175	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Ashraful Alam Chowdhury	448	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Ranesh Moitra	396	0.2	N/A
	BKSMA (Sadeq)	Md. Akkas Ali Khan	264	0.1	N/A
Majority			39,385	15.6	+10.8
Turnout			251,666	74.8	−3.1
	JI gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

Rafiqul Islam Bakul died in November 2000. Mazhar Ali Qadri of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.

General Election June 1996: Pabna-5^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	78,165	41.1	N/A
	AL	A. K. Khandker	69,119	36.3	+5.9
	JI	Abdus Sobhan	37,336	19.6	−27.7
	JP(E)	Md. Iqbal	4,377	2.3	+1.5
	Zaker Party	Taslim Hasan Suman	659	0.3	+0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Amzad Hossain	423	0.2	N/A
	FP	Md. Aminul Islam Talukdar	85	0.0	−0.1
Majority			9,046	4.8	−12.1
Turnout			190,164	77.9	+18.1
	BNP gain from JI

General Election 1991: Pabna-5^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Abdus Sobhan	75,586	47.3
	AL	Rafiqul Islam Bakul	48,559	30.4
	BNP	Abul Hasnat	23,734	14.9
	UCL	Md. Aminul Haq	9,073	5.7
	JP(E)	Md. Shawkat Ali	1,280	0.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shahjahan Bishwas	557	0.3
	Zaker Party	Taslim Hasan Suman	351	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Md. Abdul Kuddus	305	0.2
	FP	Md. Hasan Ali	168	0.1
	Dhumpan O MAdokdrobba Nibaronkari Manabsheba Schansta	Md. Sheikh Abdul Aziz	138	0.1
Majority			27,027	16.9
Turnout			159,751	59.8
	JI gain from JP(E)