Kishoreganj-5
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| Kishoreganj-5 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad |
|
| District | Kishoreganj District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 215,190 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | Awami League |
| Member(s) | Afzal Hossain |
Kishoreganj-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Afzal Hossain of the Awami League.
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bajitpur and Nikli upazilas.[1][2]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.[3]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Abdul Hamid | Awami League[4] | |
| 1988 | A. Latif Bhuiyan | [5] | |
| 1991 | Abdul Hamid | Awami League | |
| 2008 | Afzal Hossain | Awami League | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Afzal Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Afzal Hossain | 123,474 | 64.8 | +13.4 | |
| BNP | Mojibur Rahman Monju | 65,054 | 34.2 | +20.5 | |
| [[Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh|Template:Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh/meta/shortname]] | Md. Abdur Rahim | 1,732 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Md. Aminul Ahasan | 200 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 58,420 | 30.7 | +14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 190,460 | 88.5 | +16.2 | ||
| Awami League hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Abdul Hamid | 93,915 | 51.4 | +14.4 | |
| KSJL | Md. Fazlur Rahman | 63,656 | 34.9 | N/A | |
| BNP | Jahir Uddin Bhuiyan | 25,064 | 13.7 | -4.9 | |
| Majority | 30,259 | 16.6 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 182,635 | 72.3 | -3.0 | ||
| Awami League hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Abdul Hamid | 54,073 | 37.0 | -17.9 | |
| Independent | Md. Fazlur Rahman | 52,024 | 35.6 | N/A | |
| BNP | Emdadul Haque | 27,251 | 18.6 | -4.6 | |
| Jatiya Party (E) | Ershad Uddin Ahmed Khan Milki | 8,045 | 5.5 | +3.5 | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdus Salam Khan Pathan | 2,211 | 1.5 | -2.0 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Gano Forum/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Gano Forum|Template:Gano Forum/meta/shortname]] | Borhanuddin Chowdhury | 2,100 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | K. M. Aminul Haque | 568 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,049 | 1.4 | -30.3 | ||
| Turnout | 146,272 | 75.3 | +24.0 | ||
| Awami League hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Abdul Hamid | 62,792 | 54.9 | |||
| BNP | Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan | 26,540 | 23.2 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin) | A. H. M. Kamruzzaman Khan | 16,205 | 14.2 | |||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdus Salam Khan Pathan | 4,058 | 3.5 | |||
| Jatiya Party (E) | Md. Shafiqul Islam | 2,301 | 2.0 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Ahmed Karim Mollah | 887 | 0.8 | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers Party of Bangladesh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Workers Party of Bangladesh|Template:Workers Party of Bangladesh/meta/shortname]] | Kazi Salah Uddin | 520 | 0.5 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|Template:Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD/meta/shortname]] | Ali Ahmed Milki | 451 | 0.4 | ||
| Ganatantri Party | Md. Hasmat Uddin Thakur | 338 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Golam Rabbani | 294 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 36,252 | 31.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 114,386 | 51.3 | ||||
| Awami League gain from [[|N/A]] | ||||||
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