Chandpur-5

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Chandpur-5 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = চাঁদপুর-৫.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Chandpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 408,496 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = ''[[Engr. Md. Mominul Haque]]'' | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = None | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Chandpur-4|263 Chandpur-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Feni-1|265 Feni-1]] →}} }} '''Chandpur-5''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Hajiganj Upazila|Hajiganj]] and [[Shahrasti Upazila|Shahrasti]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />

== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-23 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]], [[Comilla District|Comilla]], and [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]].

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Md. Abdur Rob]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Abdul Wadud Khan]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |[[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Md. Mominul Haque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2010s === Rafiqul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after 18 parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the election citing unfair conditions for the election.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 December 2013 |title=Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/12/bangladesh-opposition-boycott-elections-2013122900876856.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |newspaper=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref name="2014results" />

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chandpur-5<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]] |votes = 143,497 |percentage = 56.1 |change = +11.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Mominul Haque |votes = 110,480 |percentage = 43.2 |change = -9.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Noman |votes = 839 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Golam Mohammad Ali |votes = 551 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Md. Hossam Haider Patwary |votes = 298 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 33,017 |percentage = 12.9 |change = +5.2 }}

{{Election box turnout| |votes = 255,665 |percentage = 86.7 |change = +14.4 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Chandpur-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]]|votes=110,792|percentage=52.2|change=+11.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]]|votes=94,531|percentage=44.5|change=+3.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Jatiya Oikya Front|candidate=Md. Shafiul Alam Shwapan|votes=5,051|percentage=2.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Islami Front|candidate=Syed Md. Jahan Shah|votes=1,404|percentage=0.7|change=+0.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal|candidate=Md. Anowar Hossain Mollah|votes=330|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Md. Noman |votes = 276 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority||votes=16,261|percentage=7.7|change=+7.4}} {{Election box turnout||votes=212,384|percentage=72.3|change=+0.4}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chandpur-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]]|votes=62,309|percentage=41.1|change=+22.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]]|votes=61,895|percentage=40.8|change=+10.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Tofazzal Haidar Chowdhury|votes=18,700|percentage=12.3|change=-1.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Mahabubur Rahman|votes=6,319|percentage=4.2|change=-1.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Oikya Jote|candidate=Zakaria|votes=1,189|percentage=0.8|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Islami Front|candidate=Md. Jalal Uddin Kashemi|votes=663|percentage=0.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Gano Forum|candidate=M. A. Bari|votes=269|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = M. A. Quaiyum Chowdhury |votes = 240 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }}

{{Election box majority||votes=414|percentage=0.3|change=-0.8}} {{Election box turnout||votes=151,584|percentage=71.9|change=+27.7}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chandpur-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]]|votes=35,944|percentage=30.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=M. A. Sattar|votes=34,682|percentage=29.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Md. Abdur Rob]]|votes=22,389|percentage=18.8|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=[[Abdul Wadud Khan]]|votes=16,821|percentage=14.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Mahbubur Rahman|votes=6,309|percentage=5.3|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Freedom Party|candidate=Shahjahan|votes=1,003|percentage=0.8|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan|candidate=Zakaria|votes=991|percentage=0.8|change=}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = M. A. Quaiyum Chowdhury |votes = 412 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Md. Abu Noman |votes = 356 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Kali Narayan Lodh|votes=170|percentage=0.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A. Malek Chowdhury|votes=156|percentage=0.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|candidate=Anwar Hossain|votes=139|percentage=0.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,262|percentage=1.1|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=119,372|percentage=44.2|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }}

== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Chandpur-5 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chandpur-5&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf# |archive-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=261&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=264 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002628/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=264 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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