Noakhali-5

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Companiganj Upazila and Kabirhat Upazila.

History

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

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Noakhali Sadar Upazila: Ashwadia and Niazpur.

Members of Parliament

Member	Party
1973	Abdur Rahman	Awami League
1979	Moudud Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1986	Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud	Bangladesh Awami League
1991	Moudud Ahmed	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
February 1996	ASM Enamul Haque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996	Obaidul Quader	Awami League
2001	Moudud Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008	Obaidul Quader	Awami League
2026	Muhammad Fakrul Islam	BNP

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Obaidul Quader 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: Noakhali-5
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Obaidul Quader	112,575	50.1	+23.9
	BNP	Moudud Ahmed	111,204	49.5	+1.2
	Independent	Enayet Ullah Siddiqui	766	0.3	N/A
Majority	1,371	0.6	−21.4
Turnout	224,545	85.8	+20.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Noakhali-5
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Moudud Ahmed	84,578	48.3	+28.3
	AL	Obaidul Quader	45,972	26.2	−10.5
	Independent	Ekramul Karim Chowdhury	42,048	24.0	N/A
	IJOF	A. N. M. Shahajahan	1,932	1.1	N/A
	JSD	Abdur Razzak	341	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Golap Mowla	199	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Bikash Chandra Sarkar	106	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Md. Mizanur Rahman Sahabuddin	105	0.1	N/A
Majority	38,606	22.0	+11.5
Turnout	175,281	65.3	+1.5
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-5
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Obaidul Quader	40,280	36.7	+4.7
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	28,744	26.2	−9.8
	BNP	A .S. M. Enamul Haque	21,929	20.0	+2.8
	Jamaat	Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher	17,445	15.9	+1.6
	Independent	A. N. M. Shahjahan	560	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Anisul Haque	312	0.3	0.0
	Gano Forum	Mohammad Hanif	226	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. M. M. Anowar	182	0.2	N/A
Majority	11,536	10.5	+6.5
Turnout	109,678	63.8	+28.5
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Noakhali-5
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	31,448	36.0
	AL	Obaidul Quader	27,917	32.0
	BNP	Md. Zakir Hossain	15,047	17.2
	Jamaat	Abu Naser Md. Abduj Zaher	12,499	14.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Khizir Hayat	231	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	S. M. Abul Kasem	148	0.2
Majority	3,531	4.0
Turnout	87,290	35.3
	JP(E) gain from AL

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