Bogra-6 Explained

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.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberParty
1973S. M. Sirajul Islam SurujAwami League
1979Wajed Hossain TarafdarBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Abdur Rahman FakirBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1988Saifur Rahman BhandariIndependent
1991Mojibar RahmanBangladesh Nationalist Party
Sep 1996 by-electionMd. Zahurul Islam
2001Khaleda Zia
2009 by-electionMuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
2014Nurul Islam OmarJatiya Party (Ershad)
2018Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirBangladesh Nationalist Party<-- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published -->
2019 (By-election)Golam Mohammad Siraj
2023 (By-election)Ragebul Ahsan RipuAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Nurul Islam Omar was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

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.

Elections in the 1990s

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.

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