Noakhali-5 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Noakhali District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Chittagong Division |
Electorate: | 331,793 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Party Label: | Parliamentary Party |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Members Label: | Member of Parliament |
Members: | Vacant |
Noakhali-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Companiganj and Kabirhat upazilas.
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.
Obaidul Quader was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.