Gaibandha-2

Gaibandha-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gaibandha District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	334,584 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member for national parliament	Mahabub Ara Begum Gini

Gaibandha-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mahabub Ara Begum Gini of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gainbandha Sadar Upazilla.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-2 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts:Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.

Member Of Parliament

Year		Member Of Parliament	Party
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" |	1986	Adur Rouf Mia	Jatiya Party
	1988	Asghar Ali Khan
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" |	1991	Abdur Rashid Sarkar	Jatiya Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" |	1996 February	Saiful Alam Saja	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" |	1996 June	Abdur Rashid Sarkar	Jatiya Party
style="background-color:Template:Awami League/meta/color" |	2001	Lutfur Rahman	Awami League
rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Awami League/meta/color" |	2008	Mahabub Ara Begum	Awami League
2014
2018

Elections

Elections in 1990s

General election 1996 February: Gaibandha-2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Saifur Rahman	195,316	100	+95.67
Turnout			N/A	N/A	−58.85
	BNP gain from JP(E)		Swing	N/A

General election 1991: Gaibandha-2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abdur Rashid Sarkar	49,930	41.40	N/A
	BAKSAL	Lutfar Rahman	25,324	21.00	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Aminul Haq	19,137	15.87	N/A
	Independent	Azghar Ali Khan	13,045	10.42	N/A
	BNP	Farukul Islam	5,221	4.33	N/A
	Independent	Khalekuzzaman Khan	3,215	2.67	N/A
	Independent	Hasan Mahamud Siddque	1,460	1.21	N/A
	Independent	Makdubar Rahaman	629	0.52	N/A
	Independent	Sudrul Kabir	235	0.19	N/A
	Independent	Nazmul Arefin	177	0.15	N/A
	BKA	Ajijur Rahman Prodhan	170	0.14	N/A
	BML	Shariful Islam	137	0.11	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Gazi Shah Sariful Islam	109	0.09	N/A
	JSD (S)	Kabil Hossain	71	0.06	N/A
Rejected ballots			1,538	1.28	N/A
Majority			24,606	20.40	N/A
Turnout			120,594	58.85	N/A
Registered electors			204,906		N/A
	JP(E) gain from N/A		Swing	N/A

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.