Dinajpur-6

Dinajpur-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dinajpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	466,243 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Shibli Sadique
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Dinajpur-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shibli Sadique of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Birampur, Ghoraghat, Hakimpur and Nawabganj upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mohammed Yusuf Ali	Awami League [4]
	1979	Golam Rahman Shah	Awami League [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Zafar Muhammad Lutfar	NAP (Muzaffar) [6]
	1988	Abdus Sattar Chowdhury	[7]
	1991	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu	Awami League
	2001	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Azizul Haque Choudhury	Awami League
	2014	Shibli Sadique	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dinajpur-6 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shibli Sadique	115,036	97.0	+57.9
	WPB	Rabindranata Saren	3,499	3.0	N/A
Majority			111,537	94.1	+93.8
Turnout			118,535	28.7	-62.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-6 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Azizul Haque Choudhury	133,610	39.1	+7.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Anwarul Islam	132,752	38.8	-1.0
	JP(E)	Md. Delwar Hossain	75,740	22.1	N/A
Majority			858	0.3	-7.5
Turnout			342,102	91.4	+9.1
	AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-6 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	110,598	39.8	+23.4
	AL	Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu	88,943	32.0	-4.4
	Independent	Atiur Rahman	32,548	11.7	N/A
	IJOF	Munser Ali	28,801	10.4	N/A
	Independent	Azizul Haque Chowdhury	13,394	4.8	N/A
	Independent	Mizanur Rahman	3,073	1.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Afzal Hossain	386	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Mathias Saren Mothi	364	0.1	N/A
Majority			21,655	7.8	+1.6
Turnout			278,107	82.3	+4.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-6 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu	75,268	36.4	N/A
	BNP	Atiur Rahman	62,495	30.2	+7.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	33,934	16.4	-12.3
	JP(E)	Md. Monser Ali Sarkar	32,352	15.7	+10.8
	IOJ	Md. Abdul Qudddus	1,057	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mosarraf Hossain	387	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shah Alam Biswash	376	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Moula Boksh	296	0.1	-1.2
	Gano Forum	Md. Golam Mostofa	252	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. A.T.M. Rezaul	203	0.1	-0.3
Majority			12,773	6.2	+1.8
Turnout			206,620	77.9	+19.7
	AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 1991: Dinajpur-6 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	43,989	28.7
	BAKSAL	Abdul Salam Aman	37,267	24.3
	BNP	Atiur Rahman	35,255	23.0
	Independent	Md. Mostafizur Rahman	19,540	12.7
	JP(E)	Md. Mojibur Rahman	7,463	4.9
	Independent	Marius Tudu	6,122	4.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Jahangir Selim	1,992	1.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Mokbul Hosein	636	0.4
	JSD (S)	Shree Budla Urau	422	0.3
	WPB	Shree Mondol Soren	372	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Sadeq Ali Prodhan	317	0.2
Majority			6,722	4.4
Turnout			153,375	58.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from

References

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External links

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

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