Rangpur-2 Explained

Rangpur-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Rangpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rangpur Division
Electorate:312,816 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Vacant
Module:Seat no. 20

Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Afsar Ali AhmedAwami League
1979Mohammad AminAwami League
1986Anisul Haque ChowdhuryAwami League
1988Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider
Sep 1991 by-electionParitosh ChakrabartiJatiya Party (Ershad)
Sep 1996 by-electionAnisul Haque ChowdhuryAwami League
2001Mohammad Ali SarkarIslami Jatiya Oikya Front
2008Anisul Islam MondalJatiya Party (Ershad)
2014Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque ChowdhuryAwami 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.

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, Rangpur-6, and Kurigram-3. 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.

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

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