Bogra-6 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Bogra District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate: | 387,279 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Members Label: | Current MP |
Members: | vacant |
Module: | Seat no. 41 |
Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Key
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1973 | S. M. Sirajul Islam Suruj | Awami League | ||
1979 | Wajed Hossain Tarafdar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Major Boundary Changes | ||||
1986 | Abdur Rahman Fakir | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | ||
1988 | Saifur Rahman Bhandari | Independent | ||
1991 | Mojibar Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Sep 1996 by-election | Md. Zahurul Islam | |||
2001 | Khaleda Zia | |||
2009 by-election | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | |||
2014 | Nurul Islam Omar | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
2018 | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | Bangladesh Nationalist Party< | -- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> | |
2019 (By-election) | Golam Mohammad Siraj | |||
2023 (By-election) | Ragebul Ahsan Ripu | Awami League | ||
Nurul Islam Omar was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election.
Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Md. Zahurul Islam of the BNP was elected in a September 1996 by-election.