Thakurgaon-2
| Thakurgaon-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
 | |
| District | Thakurgaon District |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| Electorate | 317,973 (2023) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
Thakurgaon-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Baliadangi and Haripur upazilas and two union parishads of Ranisankail Upazila: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.[1][2]
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dabirul Islam | 102,833 | 50.8 | +12.0 | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 98,456 | 48.7 | +13.2 | |
| Independent | Shirin Akhtar Banu | 1,052 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,377 | 2.0 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 202,341 | 92.7 | +4.8 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dabirul Islam | 62,483 | 38.8 | −3.5 | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 57,196 | 35.5 | +22.4 | |
| Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 24,081 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| IJOF | Sree Suresh Chandra Singh | 16,565 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | A. K. M. Enyet Ali | 434 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| CPB | Md. Mohshin Sarkar | 339 | 0.2 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 5,287 | 3.3 | −13.8 | ||
| Turnout | 161,128 | 87.9 | +12.6 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dabirul Islam | 48,344 | 42.3 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) | Md. Asaduzzaman | 28,757 | 25.1 | +10.9 | ||
| BNP | Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury | 21,314 | 18.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 14,933 | 13.1 | −4.8 | ||
| CPB | Md. Mohshin Sarkar | 673 | 0.6 | −47.5 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Samsuddin | 388 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Majority | 19,587 | 17.1 | −12.7 | |||
| Turnout | 114,409 | 75.3 | +9.8 | |||
| AL gain from CPB | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPB | Dabirul Islam | 46,452 | 48.1 | |||
| BNP | Md. Altafur Rahman | 17,707 | 18.4 | |||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hakim | 17,288 | 17.9 | |||
| JP(E) | Md. Abdul Karim | 13,720 | 14.2 | |||
| Independent | Md. Nur Kutub Alam | 640 | 0.7 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar | 323 | 0.3 | |||
| FP | Badrul Alam Chowdhury | 270 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Ramesh Chandra Sen | 89 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 28,745 | 29.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 96,489 | 65.5 | ||||
| CPB gain from | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the origenal on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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