Jessore-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Manirampur Upazila.
History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it excluded one union parishad of Manirampur Upazila: Mancharpur.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Tabibar Rahman Sarder Awami League 1979 Muhammad Ali Tariq BNPMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Muhammad Wakkas Jatiya Party1988Independent 1991 Khan Tipu Sultan Awami League Feb 1996 Afsar Ahmad Siddiqui BNP Jun 1996 Khan Tipu Sultan Awami League 2001 Muhammad Wakkas BNP 2008 Khan Tipu Sultan Awami League 2014 Swapan Bhattacharjee Independent 2018 Awami League2024Mohammad Yakub AliIndependent 2024 Gazi Enamul HaqueBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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