Thakurgaon-2
Thakurgaon-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Thakurgaon District |
Division | Rangpur Division |
Electorate | 317,973 (December 2023)[citation needed]
Male Voters: 163,668[citation needed] Women Voters: 154,305[citation needed] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Mazharul Islam Suzon |
Seat no. 4 |
Thakurgaon-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mazharul Islam Suzon of the Awami League.
Boundaries[edit]
The constituency encompasses Baliadangi and Haripur upazilas and two union parishads of Ranisankail Upazila: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.[1][2]
History[edit]
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.[3]
Members of Parliament[edit]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]
Elections in the 2000s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Dabirul Islam | 102,833 | 50.8 | +12.0 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 98,456 | 48.7 | +13.2 | |
Independent | Shirin Akhtar Banu | 1,052 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,377 | 2.0 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 202,341 | 92.7 | +4.8 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Dabirul Islam | 62,483 | 38.8 | -3.5 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 57,196 | 35.5 | +22.4 | |
Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 24,081 | 14.9 | N/A | |
IJOF | Sree Suresh Chandra Singh | 16,565 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Independent | A. K. M. Enyet Ali | 434 | 0.3 | N/A | |
CPB | Md. Mohshin Sarkar | 339 | 0.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 5,287 | 3.3 | -13.8 | ||
Turnout | 161,128 | 87.9 | +12.6 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Dabirul Islam | 48,344 | 42.3 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Md. Asaduzzaman | 28,757 | 25.1 | +10.9 | ||
BNP | Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury | 21,314 | 18.6 | +0.2 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 14,933 | 13.1 | -4.8 | ||
CPB | Md. Mohshin Sarkar | 673 | 0.6 | -47.5 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Samsuddin | 388 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 19,587 | 17.1 | -12.7 | |||
Turnout | 114,409 | 75.3 | +9.8 | |||
AL gain from CPB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPB | Dabirul Islam | 46,452 | 48.1 | |||
BNP | Md. Altafur Rahman | 17,707 | 18.4 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 17,288 | 17.9 | |||
JP(E) | Md. Abdul Karim | 13,720 | 14.2 | |||
Independent | Md. Nur Kutub Alam | 640 | 0.7 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar | 323 | 0.3 | |||
FP | Badrul Alam Chowdhury | 270 | 0.3 | |||
Independent | Ramesh Chandra Sen | 89 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 28,745 | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 96,489 | 65.5 | ||||
CPB gain from |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ 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 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links[edit]
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