Rajshahi-5

Rajshahi-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Rajshahi-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rajshahi District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	301,677 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 55 Rajshahi-4 57 Rajshahi-6 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Puthia 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
	1973	Sardar Mohammad Jahangir	Awami League[4]
	1979	Mokhlechhar Rahman Chowdhury	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Nurun Nabi Chand	Awami League[6]
	1988		Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Azizur Rahman	BNP
	1996	Md. Alauddin
	1999 by-election		Awami League
	2000 by-election	Raihanul Haque
	2001	Kabir Hossain	BNP
	2008	Abdul Wadud	Awami League
	2018	Mansur Rahman
	2024	Abdul Wadud

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Wadud Dara 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: Rajshahi-5^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Wadud Dara	124,398	53.1	+24.9
	BNP	Nazrul Islam	108,083	46.2	+0.8
	LDP	S. M. Shafiul Azam	740	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Abul Kalam Azad	612	0.2	N/A
	BTF	Moktar Hossen	243	0.1	N/A
	National People's Party	Showkat Hossen Khan	98	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,315	7.0	−10.1
Turnout			234,174	94.6	+8.8
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Kabir Hossain	88,173	45.4
	AL	Raihanul Haque	54,882	28.2
	Independent	Akkas Ali	33,134	17.1
	IJOF	Md. Makhlesur Rahman	11,753	6.1
	Independent	Azizur Rahman	6,223	3.2
	JSD	Nurul Islam	187	0.1
Majority			33,291	17.1
Turnout			194,352	85.8
	BNP gain from AL

Md. Alauddin died in February 2000. Raihanul Haque was elected in a 2000 by-election

Elections in the 1990s

In 1998, Sheikh Hasina made Md. Alauddin a state minister in her government. This led to his expulsion from the BNP, and to the Election Commission declaring his seat vacant on 11 October 1999 under Article 70 of the Constitution, which penalizes floor-crossing.^[12][13] This triggered a by-election in late 1999, which Alauddin won as an Awami League candidate.^[13][14]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Alauddin	65,594	41.3	+4.0
	AL	Anisur Rahman	58,614	36.9	+1.5
	JP(E)	Md. Azizul Alam	19,366	12.2	+0.5
	JI	Md. Abdul Mannan	14,688	9.2	−5.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nurul Islam	189	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Md. Abdur Rashid Sarkar	129	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Halim	115	0.1	−0.1
Majority			6,980	4.4	+2.5
Turnout			158,675	87.6	−11.1
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Azizur Rahman	48,542	37.3
	AL	Md. Alauddin	46,116	35.4
	JI	Md. Abdul Mannan	19,515	15.0
	JP(E)	Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand	15,241	11.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Halim	303	0.2
	JSD	Muhammad Shafiur Rahman Shafi	277	0.2
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Md. Fazle Rabbi	158	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Ramzan Ali Sarder	153	0.1
Majority			2,426	1.9
Turnout			130,305	76.5
	BNP gain from AL