Kurigram-2

Kurigram-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kurigram District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	493,356 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Member(s)	Hamidul Haque Khandker
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Kurigram-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ponir Uddin Ahmed of the Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kurigram Sadar, Phulbari, and Rajarhat upazilas. ^[1]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-14 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[2] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[3]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it excluded four union parishads of Rajarhat Upazila: Bidyananda, Gharialdanga, Nazimkhan, and Omar Majid. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	February 1996	Md. Umar Farooq	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	June 1996	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	Jatiya Party
	2001	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2009 by-election	Zafar Ali	Awami League
	2014	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	Jatiya Party
	2018	Ponir Uddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party [9]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Rangpur-3, Kurigram-2, and Dhaka-17. After winning all three, he chose to represent Dhaka-17 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. ^[11] Zafar Ali of the Awami League was elected in an April 2009 by-election. ^[12]

Kurigram-2 by-election, 2009 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zafar Ali	140,748	65.9	N/A
	JP(E)	Golam Habib Dulal	46,619	21.8	-50.9
	IAB	Md. Mustafizur Rahaman	13,439	6.3	-2.2
	BNP	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	12,915	6.0	-12.2
Majority			94,129	44.0	-10.6
Turnout			213,721	64.3	-22.4
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 2008: Kurigram-2 ^{[4] [14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hossain Muhammad Ershad	209,505	72.7	N/A
	BNP	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	52,374	18.2	+12.0
	IAB	Md. Mustafizur Rahaman	24,372	8.5	N/A
	BSD	Jahedul Haque Milu	971	0.3	N/A
	LDP	Sultan Ahamed	605	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Bhudeb Chakrabarti	259	0.1	N/A
Majority			157,131	54.6	+48.0
Turnout			288,032	86.7	+13.7
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Kurigram-2 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	123,886	49.9	N/A
	AL	Amsaa Amin	107,398	43.3	+5.1
	BNP	Md. Lutfar Rahman	15,508	6.2	-4.3
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Jahedul Haque Milu	1,120	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Matiur Rahman	363	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,488	6.6	+1.8
Turnout			248,275	73.0	+0.4
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kurigram-2 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	82,158	43.0	+0.8
	AL	Zafar Ali	72,962	38.2	+6.6
	BNP	AKM Maidul Islam	20,019	10.5	+3.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A.N.M. Solaiman	7,719	4.0	-5.5
	IOJ	Md. Abdul Gani	6,670	3.5	+0.2
	Zaker Party	Md. Sirajul Islam	751	0.4	-0.5
	Independent	A.M.M. Samsuddin Miah	353	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Jahedul Haque Milu	305	0.2	-0.3
	Gano Forum	Shri Sanalal Bakshi	173	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Bhudev Chandra Chakrabarti	122	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,196	4.8	-5.8
Turnout			191,232	72.6	+22.1
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Kurigram-2 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury	59,049	42.2
	AL	Zafar Ali	44,181	31.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Sulaiman Ali	13,284	9.5
	BNP	Md. Abdus Salam	9,176	6.6
	IOJ	Md. Zakaria	4,646	3.3
	JSD	Md. Ansar Ali	3,000	2.1
	Bangladesh Janata Party	A. K. M. Shamsuddoha	2,720	1.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Karam Ali	1,258	0.9
	Independent	Md. Golam Morshed	741	0.5
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Shree Shudhangsu Chakraborty	722	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Motlabbar Rahaman	431	0.3
	CPB	Md. Harun ur Rashid Lal	416	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Matin)	Syeda Gulrukh Mohol Shiraji	138	0.1
Majority			14,868	10.6
Turnout			139,762	50.5
	JP(E) hold

References

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External links

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

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