Chittagong-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hathazari Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards 1 and 2.
History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission shifted the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had encompassed Raozan Upazila and only one union parishad of Hathazari Upazila: Garduara.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Abdul Wahab Awami League 1979 Anisul Islam Mahmud Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1986 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party 1988 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party 1991 Syed Wahidul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party Feb 1996 Syed Wahidul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jun 1996 Syed Wahidul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2001 Syed Wahidul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes 2008 A. B. M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury Awami LeagueMajor Boundary Changes 2014 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2018 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2024 Anisul Islam Mahmud Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2026 Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
+General Election 2018: Chattogram-511th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 199-300, Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka (20 June 2019)PartySymbolCandidateVotes%±ppJP(E)PloughAnisul Islam Mahmud277,90982.85N/ABKPSheaf of paddySyed Muhammad Ibrahim44,38113.24N/ABIFCandleMd. Nayeemul Islam8,7412.61N/AIFBChairSayed Hafiz Ahmed1,7450.52N/AIABHand fanMohammad Rafiq1,4190.42N/AIndependentLionMohammad Nasir Haider Karim5370.16N/AIOJMinaretMoin Uddin Ruhi3750.11N/ABKABanyanMir Idris1270.04N/AKMWall clockShihabuddin1090.03N/AJUIBDate palmMd. Nasir Uddin790.02N/AValid votes335,42297.92Invalid votes7,1142.08Total votes342,536100.0Registered voters/turnout430,12479.64Majority233,52869.62Jatiya Party (Ershad) hold
Anisul Islam Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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