{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rajshahi-5 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রাজশাহী-৫.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rajshahi District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 353,174 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Nazrul Islam Mondol]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rajshahi-4|55 Rajshahi-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajshahi-6|57 Rajshahi-6]] →}} }} '''Rajshahi-5''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Durgapur Upazila, Rajshahi|Durgapur]] and [[Puthia Upazila|Puthia]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Sardar Mohammad Jahangir]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Mokhlechhar Rahman Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | rowspan="2" | [[Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand|Nurun Nabi Chand]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | |[[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Azizur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Azizur Rahman]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | rowspan="2" | [[Md. Alauddin]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 1999 by-election | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2000 by-election |[[Raihanul Haque]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Kabir Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Abdul Wadud Dara|Abdul Wadud]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Mansur Rahman]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Mansur Rahman|Abdul Wadud]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Nazrul Islam Mondol]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rajshahi-5<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bf24f34914b4e55e3c|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Nazrul Islam Mondol]] |votes=153,425 |percentage=63.5 |change=+17.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Manzoor Rahman |votes=73,445 |percentage=30.4 |change=+30.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 79,980 |percentage = 33.1 |change = +16.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 241,607 |percentage = 68.4 |change = +13.7 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 353,174 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Abdul Wadud Dara was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Rajshahi-5<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdul Wadud Dara]] |votes = 124,398 |percentage = 53.1 |change = +24.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Nazrul Islam |votes = 108,083 |percentage = 46.2 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = S. M. Shafiul Azam |votes = 740 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abul Kalam Azad |votes = 612 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Moktar Hossen |votes = 243 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National People's Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Showkat Hossen Khan |votes = 98 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 16,315 |percentage = 7.0 |change = -10.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 234,174 |percentage = 94.6 |change = +8.8 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kabir Hossain]] |votes = 88,173 |percentage = 45.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Raihanul Haque |votes = 54,882 |percentage = 28.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Akkas Ali |votes = 33,134 |percentage = 17.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Makhlesur Rahman |votes = 11,753 |percentage = 6.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Azizur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Azizur Rahman]] |votes = 6,223 |percentage = 3.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 187 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 33,291 |percentage = 17.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 194,352 |percentage = 85.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}Md. Alauddin died in February 2000. [[Raihanul Haque]] was elected in a 2000 by-election
=== Elections in the 1990s === In 1998, [[Sheikh Hasina]] made Md. Alauddin a [[Minister of State|state minister]] in her government. This led to his expulsion from the BNP, and to the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] declaring his seat vacant on 11 October 1999 under [[Article 70 of the Constitution of Bangladesh|Article 70 of the Constitution]], which penalizes [[Crossing the floor|floor-crossing]].<ref name="Chowdhury2003" /><ref name="gn23Jun2001" /> This triggered a by-election in late 1999, which Alauddin won as an Awami League candidate.<ref name="gn23Jun2001" /><ref name="ds2Jan2000" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Rajshahi-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Alauddin]] |votes = 65,594 |percentage = 41.3 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Anisur Rahman |votes = 58,614 |percentage = 36.9 |change = +1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Azizul Alam |votes = 19,366 |percentage = 12.2 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdul Mannan |votes = 14,688 |percentage = 9.2 |change = -5.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 189 |percentage = 0.1 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdur Rashid Sarkar |votes = 129 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Halim |votes = 115 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,980 |percentage = 4.4 |change = +2.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 158,675 |percentage = 87.6 |change = -11.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Rajshahi-5<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Azizur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Azizur Rahman]] |votes = 48,542 |percentage = 37.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Alauddin]] |votes = 46,116 |percentage = 35.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdul Mannan |votes = 19,515 |percentage = 15.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Mohammad Nurun Nabi Chand]] |votes = 15,241 |percentage = 11.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Halim |votes = 303 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Muhammad Shafiur Rahman Shafi |votes = 277 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Oikkya Front |candidate = Md. Fazle Rabbi |votes = 158 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Ramzan Ali Sarder |votes = 153 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,426 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 130,305 |percentage = 76.5 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=51&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=56 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=56 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="Chowdhury2003">{{cite book |last=Chowdhury |first=Mahfuzul H. |year=2003 |title=Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions |publisher=Ashgate |pages=89–90, 104 |isbn=0-7546-3423-X}}</ref> <ref name="gn23Jun2001">{{cite news |last=Chowdhury |first=Rashed |date=23 June 2001 |title=Hasina's cabinet sets a record |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/hasina-s-cabinet-sets-a-record-1.419613 |newspaper=Gulf News |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds2Jan2000">{{cite news |title=Millennium hangover in House |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/millennium-hangover-in-house |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2 January 2000 |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> </references>
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