Pabna-5

Pabna-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictPabna District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate435,902 (2018)
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
MemberShamsur Rahman Simul Biswas

Pabna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Shamsur Rahman Simul Biswas of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Pabna Sadar Upazila.

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
1979 M. A. Matin Bangladesh Muslim League
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Rafiqul Islam Bakul Awami League
1988 Md. Iqbal Independent
1991 Abdus Sobhan Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Rafiqul Islam Bakul Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2000 by-election Mazhar Ali Qadri Awami League
2001 Abdus Sobhan Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008 Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince Awami League
2014 Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince
2018 Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince
2024 Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince
2026 Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas Bangladesh Nationalist Party

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.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince 161,413 52.9 +11.8
Jamaat 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
AL gain from Jamaat
General Election 2001: Pabna-5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat Abdus Sobhan 142,884 56.8 +37.2
AL 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 gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

Rafiqul Islam Bakul died in November 2000. Mazhar Ali Qadri of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.

General Election June 1996: Pabna-5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Rafiqul Islam Bakul 78,165 41.1 N/A
AL A. K. Khandker 69,119 36.3 +5.9
Jamaat 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
General Election 1991: Pabna-5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat Abdus Sobhan 75,586 47.3
AL 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
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD 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 gain from JP(E)

References

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