Rangpur-2

Rangpur-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rangpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	312,816 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury
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Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj 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	Afsar Ali Ahmed	Awami League [4]
	1979	Mohammad Amin	Awami League [5]
	1986	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	Awami League [6]
	1988	Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider	[7]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Paritosh Chakrabarti	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	Sep 1996 by-election	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Mohammad Ali Sarkar	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	Anisul Islam Mondal	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rangpur-2 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Anisul Islam Mondal	166,271	75.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	ATM Azharul Islam	36,586	16.6	+7.0
	Independent	Mohammad Ali Sarker	14,850	6.8	N/A
	IAB	Md. Ripon Sarker	2,177	1.0	N/A
Majority			129,685	59.0	+51.7
Turnout			219,884	87.7	+5.7
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Mohammad Ali Sarkar	91,921	48.6
	AL	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	78,163	41.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	ATM Azharul Islam	17,788	9.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Khabir Uddin	1,124	0.6
Majority			13,758	7.3
Turnout			188,996	82.0
	IJOF gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election: ^[12] Rangpur-2, ^[11] Rangpur-3, ^[13] Rangpur-5, ^[14] Rangpur-6, ^[15] and Kurigram-3. ^[16] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Anisul Haque Chowdhury of the Awami League was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^[17]

General Election June 1996: Rangpur-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	66,929	47.7
	AL	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	55,800	39.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	ATM Azharul Islam	8,273	5.9
	BNP	Paritosh Chakrabarti	4,025	2.9
	Zaker Party	Abdul Hamid Kabir Sharif	3,761	2.7
	JSD	Md. Ruhul Amin	858	0.6
	Independent	Mohammad Ali Sarkar	336	0.2
	Gano Forum	Md. Meser Uddin	190	0.1
	Independent	Merina Rahman	161	0.1
Majority			11,129	7.9
Turnout			140,333	77.3
	JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: ^[12] Rangpur-1, ^[18] Rangpur-2, ^[11] Rangpur-3, ^[13] Rangpur-5, ^[14] and Rangpur-6. ^[15] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[19] Paritosh Chakrabarti, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[20]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	50,221	45.4
	AL	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	45,206	40.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Muhammad Nur Hossain	7,676	6.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazrul Haq	2,601	2.4
	JSD	Md. Abdus Sattar	2,336	2.1
	BNP	Mohsin Ali	2,308	2.1
	Independent	Md. Ilias Ali	299	0.3
Majority			5,015	4.5
Turnout			110,647	59.2
	JP(E) gain from

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External links

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