Bogra-6

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

{{Infobox constituency

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| district = Bogra District

| region_label = Division

| region = Rajshahi Division

| population =

| electorate = 387,279 (2018)

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| year = 1973

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Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been 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

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1973 \| Sirajul Islam Suruj \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1979 \| Wajed Hossain Tarafdar \| BNP
colspan="4" \|Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" \| \| 1986 \| Abdur Rahman Fakir \| Jamaat-e-Islami
style="background-color:{{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \| 1988 \| Saifur Rahman Bhandari \| Independent
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1991 \| Mojibar Rahman \| rowspan="4" \| BNP
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| Sep 1996 by-election \| Md. Zahurul Islam
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 2001 \| Khaleda Zia
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| Apr 2009 by-election \| Jamiruddin Sarkar
style="background-color:{{party color\|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" \| \| 2014 \| Nurul Islam Omar \| Jatiya Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 2018 \| Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir \| rowspan="2" \| BNP
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 2019 by-election \| Golam Mohammad Siraj
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \|2023 by-election \|Ragebul Ahsan Ripu \|Awami League

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colspan="2"|Election

Member

Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1973

| Sirajul Islam Suruj

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1979

| Wajed Hossain Tarafdar

| BNP

colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" |

| 1986

| Abdur Rahman Fakir

| Jamaat-e-Islami

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| 1988

| Saifur Rahman Bhandari

| Independent

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1991

| Mojibar Rahman

| rowspan="4" | BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| Sep 1996 by-election

| Md. Zahurul Islam

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2001

| Khaleda Zia

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| Apr 2009 by-election

| Jamiruddin Sarkar

style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 2014

| Nurul Islam Omar

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2018

| Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

| rowspan="2" | BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2019 by-election

| Golam Mohammad Siraj

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

|2023 by-election

|Ragebul Ahsan Ripu

|Awami 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.

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Khaleda Zia

|votes = 193,792

|percentage = 71.6

|change = -7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Awami League

|candidate = Momtaz Uddin

|votes = 74,634

|percentage = 27.6

|change = +8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = A. N. M. Mamunur Rashid

|votes = 1,336

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

|candidate = Abdullah al Woaky

|votes = 627

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Saifuzzaman

|votes = 297

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 119,158

|percentage = 44.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 270,686

|percentage = 86.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Khaleda Zia

|votes = 227,355

|percentage = 78.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Md. Mahbubul Alam

|votes = 54,777

|percentage = 18.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan

|candidate = A. N. M. Mamunur Rashid

|votes = 4,745

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Abdur Razzak

|votes = 1,513

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

|candidate = Md. Safiqul Hasan

|votes = 467

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)

|candidate = Md. Saifuzzaman Tutul

|votes = 294

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

|candidate = Syed Akil Ahmed

|votes = 267

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 172,578

|percentage = 59.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 289,418

|percentage = 76.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

= 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.

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Bogra-6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Khaleda Zia

|votes = 136,669

|percentage = 58.9

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Golam Rabbani

|votes = 46,917

|percentage = 20.2

|change = -7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Md. Mahmudul Hassan

|votes = 36,747

|percentage = 15.8

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = A. H. Golam Zakaria Khan

|votes = 10,185

|percentage = 4.4

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Alberuni

|votes = 649

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen

|votes = 310

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Islamic Al Zihad Dal

|candidate = Abu Nosor Md. Shohidullah

|votes = 288

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Freedom Party

|candidate = M. L. Alam

|votes = 175

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = M. R. Renu

|votes = 135

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 89,752

|percentage = 38.7

|change = +11.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 232,075

|percentage = 78.2

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Mojibar Rahman

|votes = 96,234

|percentage = 54.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Golam Rabbani

|votes = 48,086

|percentage = 27.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Momtaz Uddin

|votes = 27,964

|percentage = 15.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Oikya Jote

|candidate = Abdu Kader Prang

|votes = 943

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = A. B. M. Shahzahan

|votes = 896

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = A. T. M. Zakaria

|votes = 891

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Abdur Razzak

|votes = 823

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

|candidate = Ashis Sarker

|votes = 195

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 48,148

|percentage = 27.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 176,032

|percentage = 64.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser =

}}

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

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{{cite news |title=Sircar gets Bogra-6, Moudud bags Bogra-7 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2009/04/02/sircar-gets-bogra-6-moudud-bags-bogra-7 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2 April 2009 |access-date=25 May 2018}}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/125.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |page=299 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323082019/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/125.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2015 |access-date=13 May 2018}}

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External links

{{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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