Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Mazibur Rahman Sarwar is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.
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 1973 Abdul Mannan Howlader Bangladesh Awami League 1979 Sunil Kumar Gupta Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1986 M. Matiur Rahman Jatiya Party (Ershad) 1991 Abdur Rahman Biswas Bangladesh Nationalist Party Dec 1991 by-election Mazibur Rahman Sarwar 1996 Nasim Biswas 1998 by-election Mazibur Rahman Sarwar 2014 Shawkat Hossain Hiron Bangladesh Awami League 2014 by-election Jebunnesa Afroz 2018 Zahid Faruk 2026 Mazibur Rahman Sarwar Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
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 2000s
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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