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 |
Seat no. 20 |
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.
The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj upazilas.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
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 | % | ±% | ||
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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 |