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Rangpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by H. N. Ashequr Rahman of the Awami League.
Rangpur-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury of the Awami League.
Rangpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Saad Ershad is the current MP of this constituency.
Kurigram-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by MA Matin of the Awami League.
Gaibandha-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2018 by Shamim Haider Patwary of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Kurigram-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Zakir Hossain of the Awami League.
Kurigram-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ponir Uddin Ahmed of the Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Gaibandha-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Monowar Hossain Chowdhury of the Awami League.
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- ↑ "Three go to AL". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.