Rangpur-2 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Rangpur District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Rangpur Division |
Electorate: | 312,816 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj upazilas.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Afsar Ali Ahmed | Awami League | |
1979 | Mohammad Amin | ||
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | Awami League | |
1988 | Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider | Jatiya Party | |
Sep 1991 by-election | Paritosh Chakrabarti | ||
Sep 1996 by-election | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | Awami League | |
2001 | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | Islami Jatiya Oikya Front | |
2008 | Anisul Islam Mondal | Jatiya Party | |
2014 | Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury | Awami League | |
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.
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.