Rangpur-5

Rangpur-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] Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:[12] Rangpur-2,[13] Rangpur-3,[14] Rangpur-5,[11] Rangpur-6,[15] and Kurigram-3.

[18] Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[12] Rangpur-1,[19] Rangpur-2,[13] Rangpur-3,[14] Rangpur-5,[11] and Rangpur-6.

[20] Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.