Bogra-6 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Bogra District |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate | 387,279 (2018) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Current MP | Ragebul Ahsan Ripu |
Seat no. 41 |
Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2023 is Ragebul Ahsan Ripu. As the Member of Parliament, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party refused to take the oath.
The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. [1] [2]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Key
BNP AL Jamaat-e-Islami JP(E) IND
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | S. M. Sirajul Islam Suruj | Awami League [3] | |
1979 | Wajed Hossain Tarafdar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party [4] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Abdur Rahman Fakir | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami [5] | |
1988 | Saifur Rahman Bhandari | Independent [6] | |
1991 | Mojibar Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Sep 1996 by-election | Md. Zahurul Islam | ||
2001 | Khaleda Zia | ||
2009 by-election | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | ||
2014 | Nurul Islam Omar | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
2018 | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7] | |
2019 (By-election) | Golam Mohammad Siraj | ||
2023 (By-election) | Ragebul Ahsan Ripu | Awami League | |
Nurul Islam Omar was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [8]
Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. [9] Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Khaleda Zia | 193,792 | 71.6 | -7.0 | |
AL | Momtaz Uddin | 74,634 | 27.6 | +8.7 | |
IAB | A. N. M. Mamunur Rashid | 1,336 | 0.5 | N/A | |
BDB | Abdullah al Woaky | 627 | 0.2 | N/A | |
BSD | Md. Saifuzzaman | 297 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 119,158 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 270,686 | 86.6 | |||
BNP hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Khaleda Zia | 227,355 | 78.6 | ||
AL | Md. Mahbubul Alam | 54,777 | 18.9 | ||
Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | A. N. M. Mamunur Rashid | 4,745 | 1.6 | ||
CPB | Md. Abdur Razzak | 1,513 | 0.5 | ||
BKA | Md. Safiqul Hasan | 467 | 0.2 | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Md. Saifuzzaman Tutul | 294 | 0.1 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Syed Akil Ahmed | 267 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 172,578 | 59.6 | |||
Turnout | 289,418 | 76.4 | |||
BNP hold | |||||
Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. [14] Md. Zahurul Islam of the BNP was elected in a September 1996 by-election. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Khaleda Zia | 136,669 | 58.9 | +4.2 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Golam Rabbani | 46,917 | 20.2 | -7.1 | |
AL | Md. Mahmudul Hassan | 36,747 | 15.8 | -0.1 | |
JP(E) | A. H. Golam Zakaria Khan | 10,185 | 4.4 | +3.9 | |
Independent | Md. Alberuni | 649 | 0.3 | N/A | |
JSD | AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen | 310 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Islamic Al Zihad Dal | Abu Nosor Md. Shohidullah | 288 | 0.1 | N/A | |
FP | M. L. Alam | 175 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | M. R. Renu | 135 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 89,752 | 38.7 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 232,075 | 78.2 | +13.8 | ||
BNP hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Mojibar Rahman | 96,234 | 54.7 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Golam Rabbani | 48,086 | 27.3 | |||
AL | Momtaz Uddin | 27,964 | 15.9 | |||
IOJ | Abdu Kader Prang | 943 | 0.5 | |||
JP(E) | A. B. M. Shahzahan | 896 | 0.5 | |||
Zaker Party | A. T. M. Zakaria | 891 | 0.5 | |||
CPB | Md. Abdur Razzak | 823 | 0.5 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Ashis Sarker | 195 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 48,148 | 27.4 | ||||
Turnout | 176,032 | 64.4 | ||||
BNP gain from | ||||||
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