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
DistrictPabna District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate435,902 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince

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
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Abdul Momin Talukder Awami League[4]
1979 M. A. Matin Bangladesh Muslim League[5]
1986 Rafiqul Islam Bakul Awami League[6]
1988 Md. Iqbal Jatiya Party[7]
1991 Abdus Sobhan Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Rafiqul Islam Bakul Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2000 By-election Mazhar Ali Qadri Awami League[8][9]
2001 Abdus Sobhan Bangladesh 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 % ±
Awami League Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince 161,413 52.9 +11.8
Jamaat-e-Islami 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
Awami League gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 2001: Pabna-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdus Sobhan 142,884 56.8 +37.2
Awami League 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
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Pabna-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Rafiqul Islam Bakul 78,165 41.1 N/A
Awami League A. K. Khandker 69,119 36.3 +5.9
Jamaat-e-Islami 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 Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Pabna-5[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdus Sobhan 75,586 47.3
Awami League 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
JSD (R) 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
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)
gollark: Not really, certain states get their votes multiplied.
gollark: > <@!258639553357676545> You're out of line. That's spirit's job.We can be co-dictators, perhaps.
gollark: Ranked ones are subject to Arrow's impossibility theorem, which causes weirdness.
gollark: Approval voting is cool and good™ and pretty simple, so is score voting.
gollark: The electoral college also somewhat encourages first past the post-type stuff, which is just an awful voting system.

References
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  8. আ’লীগে প্রার্থী ৮, বিএনপি ও জামায়াতের মধ্যে কাড়াকাড়ি. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. প্রিন্স ভোটের মাঠে, শিমুল জেলে. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "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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