Sylhet-5

Sylhet-5 is a parliamentary constituency of Bangladesh.

Sylhet-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sylhet District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	324,510 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Husam Uddin Chowdhury Fultali
← 232 Sylhet-4 234 Sylhet-6 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kanaighat and Zakiganj 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	A. Zahur Miah	Independent[4]
	1979	Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai	[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar	Jatiya Party[6]
	1988
	1991	Obaidul Haque	Islami Oikya Jote
	Feb 1996	Abdul Kahir Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	Jun 1996	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	Awami League
	2001	Farid Uddin Chowdhury	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	Awami League
	2014	Salim Uddin	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	Awami League[1]
	2024	Husam Uddin Chowdhury	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Salim Uddin was 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: Sylhet-5^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	109,690	54.7	+21.3
	JP(E)	Farid Uddin Choudhury	78,061	38.9	N/A
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Ubydullah Faruk	8,946	4.5	N/A
	Independent	Kutub Uddin Ahmed Sikder	2,599	1.3	+1.1
	KSJL	Oliur Rahman	829	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Zobayer Ahmed Chowdhury	331	0.2	N/A
Majority			31,629	15.8	+0.1
Turnout			200,456	82.1	+16.1
	AL gain from JI

General Election 2001: Sylhet-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Farid Uddin Chowdhury	77,750	49.1	+25
	AL	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	52,885	33.4	+8.2
	IJOF	M. R. Haq	23,538	14.9	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Nazma Akter Chowdhury	3,389	2.1	N/A
	Independent	Kutub Uddin Ahmed Sikder	388	0.2	N/A
	Independent	M. A. Matin Chowdhury	317	0.2	N/A
Majority			24,865	15.7	+14.5
Turnout			158,267	66.0	+3.6
	JI gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	29,483	25.2	+3.5
	JI	Farid Uddin Chowdhury	28,120	24.1	+7.3
	JP(E)	Md. Abdul Rakib	15,054	12.9	−1.8
	Sammilita Sangram Parishad	Md. Habibur Rahman	14,356	12.3	N/A
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Alim Uddin	13,325	11.4	N/A
	IOJ	Obaidul Haque	10,425	8.9	−20.1
	BNP	M. A. Matin Chowdhury	4,860	4.2	−11.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. T. M. Abdul Mustaqim	455	0.4	−0.3
	Zaker Party	Khaja Moin Uddin Ahmed	364	0.3	−0.3
	Independent	Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed	237	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Atikur Rahman	212	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,363	1.2	−4.4
Turnout			116,891	62.4	+18.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sylhet-5^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IOJ	Obaidul Haque	26,267	29.0
	AL	Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder	19,682	21.7
	JI	Farid Uddin Chowdhury	15,207	16.8
	BNP	Harris Chowdhury	14,596	16.1
	JP(E)	M. A. Matin Chowdhury	13,298	14.7
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. T. M. Abdul Muntakim	632	0.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Karim	523	0.6
	JSD	Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed	388	0.4
Majority			6,585	5.6
Turnout			90,593	43.9
	IOJ gain from JP(E)