Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

[2][3] The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

[8] Jebunnesa Afroz, his widow, was elected in a June 2014 by-election.

[14] Majibur Rahman Sarwar, of the BNP, was elected in a mid-1998 by-election.

[15][16] In October 1991, Abdur Rahman Biswas became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat.