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Rangpur-2

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

{{Infobox constituency

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| district = Rangpur District

| region_label = Division

| region = Rangpur Division

| population =

| electorate = 312,816 (2018)

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| year = 1973

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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

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| 1973

| Afsar Ali Ahmed

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

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

| 1979

| Mohammad Amin

colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1986

| Anisul Haque Chowdhury

|Awami League

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

|1988

|Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider

| rowspan="2" |Jatiya Party

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

| Sep 1991 by-election

| Paritosh Chakrabarti

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

| Sep 1996 by-election

| Anisul Haque Chowdhury

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Jatiya Oikya Front}}" |

| 2001

| Mohammad Ali Sarkar

| Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

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

| 2008

| Anisul Islam Mondal

| Jatiya Party

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

| 2014

| Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury

| Awami 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 2000s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Rangpur-2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Anisul Islam Mondal|votes=166,271|percentage=75.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=ATM Azharul Islam|votes=36,586|percentage=16.6|change=+7.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mohammad Ali Sarker|votes=14,850|percentage=6.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=Md. Ripon Sarker|votes=2,177|percentage=1.0|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=129,685|percentage=59.0|change=+51.7}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=219,884|percentage=87.7|change=+5.7}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|loser = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Rangpur-2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Jatiya Oikya Front|candidate=Mohammad Ali Sarkar|votes=91,921|percentage=48.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Anisul Haque Chowdhury|votes=78,163|percentage=41.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=ATM Azharul Islam|votes=17,788|percentage=9.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Manju)|candidate=Md. Khabir Uddin|votes=1,124|percentage=0.6|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=13,758|percentage=7.3|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=188,996|percentage=82.0|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|loser = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 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.

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Rangpur-2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Hussain Muhammad Ershad|votes=66,929|percentage=47.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Anisul Haque Chowdhury|votes=55,800|percentage=39.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=ATM Azharul Islam|votes=8,273|percentage=5.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Paritosh Chakrabarti|votes=4,025|percentage=2.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Abdul Hamid Kabir Sharif

|votes = 3,761

|percentage = 2.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal|candidate=Md. Ruhul Amin|votes=858|percentage=0.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mohammad Ali Sarkar|votes=336|percentage=0.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Gano Forum|candidate=Md. Meser Uddin|votes=190|percentage=0.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Merina Rahman|votes=161|percentage=0.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=11,129|percentage=7.9|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=140,333|percentage=77.3|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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.

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Rangpur-2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Hussain Muhammad Ershad

|votes = 50,221

|percentage = 45.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Anisul Haque Chowdhury

|votes = 45,206

|percentage = 40.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Shah Muhammad Nur Hossain

|votes = 7,676

|percentage = 6.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Md. Nazrul Haq

|votes = 2,601

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = Md. Abdus Sattar

|votes = 2,336

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Mohsin Ali

|votes = 2,308

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Ilias Ali

|votes = 299

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,015

|percentage = 4.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 110,647

|percentage = 59.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|loser =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Rangpur-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Rangpur-2&d=rangpur |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |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}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=11&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=20 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=20 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=21 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=21 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=23 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=23 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=24 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=24 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=27 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000051/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=27 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 7th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=6 March 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=19 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=19 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf |title=List of 5th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=24 March 2018}}

{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Muhammad Yeahia |year=2001 |title=Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh |publisher=Ashgate |page=243 |isbn=0-7546-1628-2}}

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