Barisal-5 Explained

Barisal-5
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Barisal District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:397,514 (2018)
Year:1973

Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Barisal City Corporation and Barisal Sadar Upazila.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Abdul Mannan HowladerAwami League
1979Sunil Kumar GuptaBNP
1986M. Matiur RahmanJatiya Party
1991Abdur Rahman BiswasBNP
Dec 1991 by-electionMajibur Rahman Sarwar
1996Nasim Biswas
1998 by-electionMajibur Rahman Sarwar
2014Shawkat Hossain HironAwami League
2014 by-electionJebunnesa Afroz
2018Zahid Faruk

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shawkat Hossain Hiron died in April 2014. Jebunnesa Afroz, his widow, was elected in a June 2014 by-election.

Shawkat Hossain Hiron, of the Awami League, was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

Nasim Biswas died in March 1998. Majibur Rahman Sarwar, of the BNP, was elected in a mid-1998 by-election.

In October 1991, Abdur Rahman Biswas became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat. M. R. Sarwar was elected in a December 1991 by-election.

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