Gaibandha-5

Gaibandha-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Fazle Rabbi Miah of the Awami League.

Gaibandha-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictGaibandha District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate313,755 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Fazle Rabbi Miah

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Fulchhari and Saghata upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Fazle Rabbi Miah Jatiya Party[4][5]
February 1996 Matiar Rahman Tuku Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
June 1996 Fazle Rabbi Miah Jatiya Party
2001 Rowshan Ershad Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
2008 Fazle Rabbi Miah Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Fazle Rabbi Miah was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Gaibandha-5[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Fazle Rabbi Miah 98,461 44.6 +4.3
JP(E) Rowshan Ershad 94,143 42.7 N/A
BNP Md. Hasan Ali 27,066 12.3 +6.9
BSD Md. Noushaduzzaman 486 0.2 N/A
BDB Md. Sahif Uddin Kazol 433 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Azharul Islam 105 0.0 N/A
Majority 4,318 2.0 -9.4
Turnout 220,694 88.6 +16.2
Awami League gain from IJOF
General Election 2001: Gaibandha-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
IJOF Rowshan Ershad 93,432 51.7 N/A
Awami League Fazle Rabbi Miah 72,804 40.3 +10.1
BNP Rostam Ali Molla 9,797 5.4 -4.4
Workers Party Md. A. Rouf 1,226 0.7 N/A
Independent Md. Makhsedur Rahman 1,115 0.6 N/A
Independent Md. A. Taher 1,099 0.6 N/A
Independent Md. Nuran Nabi Pradhan 985 0.6 N/A
JSD Shah Md. Matiar Rahman 137 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Maroof Akter 85 0.1 N/A
Majority 20,628 11.4 -9.9
Turnout 180,680 72.4 0.0
IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Gaibandha-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
JP(E) Fazle Rabbi Miah 69,094 51.5 +11.7
Awami League Md. Habibur Rahman 40,478 30.2 +3.6
BNP Md. Matiur Rahman 13,188 9.8 -4.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Salim Uddin Bepary 10,077 7.5 -8.0
Gano Forum Golzar Rahman 450 0.3 N/A
Independent Nakibuddin 327 0.2 N/A
Zaker Party Bazlur Rashid Prodhan 252 0.2 0.0
FP Md. Kamal Pasa Badsa 239 0.2 N/A
Majority 28,616 21.3 +8.1
Turnout 134,105 72.4 +19.7
JP(E) hold
General Election 1991: Gaibandha-5[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
JP(E) Fazle Rabbi Miah 43,816 39.8
Awami League Md. Nurunnabi Pradhan 29,258 26.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Gafur 17,056 15.5
BNP Rostam Ali Molla 15,545 14.1
JSD (S) Belal Hossain Yusuf 2,256 2.1
BAKSAL Ataur Rahman 1,623 1.5
Zaker Party Lutfar Rahman 190 0.2
JSD (R) Md. Abu Zafar Sarkar 172 0.2
Workers Party Aminul Islam Mia 108 0.1
Majority 14,558 13.2
Turnout 110,024 52.7
JP(E) hold
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References
  1. "Gaibandha-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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