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 |
Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. [1] [2]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Sirajul Islam Suruj | Awami League [3] | |
1979 | Wajed Hossain Tarafdar | BNP [4] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Abdur Rahman Fakir | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami [5] | |
1988 | Saifur Rahman Bhandari | Independent [6] | |
1991 | Mojibar Rahman | BNP | |
Sep 1996 by-election | Md. Zahurul Islam | ||
2001 | Khaleda Zia | ||
Apr 2009 by-election | Jamiruddin Sircar | ||
2014 | Nurul Islam Omar | Jatiya Party | |
2018 | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | BNP [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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