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.
The constituency encompasses Barisal City Corporation and Barisal Sadar Upazila.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Abdul Mannan Howlader | Awami League | |
1979 | Sunil Kumar Gupta | BNP | |
1986 | M. Matiur Rahman | Jatiya Party | |
1991 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | BNP | |
Dec 1991 by-election | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | ||
1996 | Nasim Biswas | ||
1998 by-election | Majibur Rahman Sarwar | ||
2014 | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | Awami League | |
2014 by-election | Jebunnesa Afroz | ||
2018 | Zahid Faruk | ||
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.
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.