Rangpur-2
Rangpur-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Rangpur District |
Division | Rangpur Division |
Electorate | 312,816 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury |
Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj upazilas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Anisul Islam Mondal | 166,271 | 75.6 | N/A | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | ATM Azharul Islam | 36,586 | 16.6 | +7.0 | ||
Independent | Mohammad Ali Sarker | 14,850 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
IAB | Md. Ripon Sarker | 2,177 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 129,685 | 59.0 | +51.7 | |||
Turnout | 219,884 | 87.7 | +5.7 | |||
JP(E) gain from IJOF |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IJOF | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | 91,921 | 48.6 | |||
AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 78,163 | 41.4 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | ATM Azharul Islam | 17,788 | 9.4 | |||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Khabir Uddin | 1,124 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 13,758 | 7.3 | ||||
Turnout | 188,996 | 82.0 | ||||
IJOF gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:[12] Rangpur-2,[11] Rangpur-3,[13] Rangpur-5,[14] Rangpur-6,[15] and Kurigram-3.[16] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Anisul Haque Chowdhury of the Awami League was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 66,929 | 47.7 | ||
AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 55,800 | 39.8 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | ATM Azharul Islam | 8,273 | 5.9 | ||
BNP | Paritosh Chakrabarti | 4,025 | 2.9 | ||
Zaker Party | Abdul Hamid Kabir Sharif | 3,761 | 2.7 | ||
JSD | Md. Ruhul Amin | 858 | 0.6 | ||
Independent | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | 336 | 0.2 | ||
Gano Forum | Md. Meser Uddin | 190 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Merina Rahman | 161 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 11,129 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 140,333 | 77.3 | |||
JP(E) hold |
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[12] Rangpur-1,[18] Rangpur-2,[11] Rangpur-3,[13] Rangpur-5,[14] and Rangpur-6.[15] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[19] Paritosh Chakrabarti, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 50,221 | 45.4 | |||
AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 45,206 | 40.9 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Shah Muhammad Nur Hossain | 7,676 | 6.9 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Nazrul Haq | 2,601 | 2.4 | |||
JSD | Md. Abdus Sattar | 2,336 | 2.1 | |||
BNP | Mohsin Ali | 2,308 | 2.1 | |||
Independent | Md. Ilias Ali | 299 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 5,015 | 4.5 | ||||
Turnout | 110,647 | 59.2 | ||||
JP(E) gain from |
References
- ^ "Rangpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
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