Dinajpur-2

Dinajpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Dinajpur-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dinajpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	306,579 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Biral and Bochaganj upazilas.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Sirajul Islam	Awami League[4][5]
	1986	Satish Chandra Roy	Awami League[6]
	1988	Reazul Huq Chowdhury	[7]
	1991	Satish Chandra Roy	Awami League
	February 1996	Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Satish Chandra Roy	Awami League
	2001	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-2[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Awami League	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury	138,152	60.4	+22.3
	BNP	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	89,419	39.1	-3.5
	Independent	Jalal Uddin Ahamed	985	0.4	N/A
Majority			48,733	21.3	+16.9
Turnout			228,556	92.9	+7.0
	Awami League gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-2[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BNP	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	79,490	42.6	+25.8
	Awami League	Satish Chandra Roy	71,229	38.1	-0.7
	IJOF	Md. Anowarul Huq Chowdhury	33,280	17.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Kachim Uddin	1,498	0.8	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdullah Al Naser	1,244	0.7	-0.1
Majority			8,261	4.4	-1.2
Turnout			186,741	85.9	+4.8
	BNP gain from Awami League

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-2[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Awami League	Satish Chandra Roy	55,551	38.8	-1.1
	JP(E)	A. F. M. Reazul Haq Chowdhury	47,611	33.3	+7.1
	BNP	M. A. Zalil	24,044	16.8	+9.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mahbub Alam	13,663	9.6	-11.2
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdullah Al Naser	1,153	0.8	-3.3
	JSD	Taimur Rahman	482	0.3	+0.1
	JSD (R)	Md. Abdul Hye	314	0.2	-0.1
	Zaker Party	Md. A.T.M. Rezaul	198	0.1	0.0
Majority			7,940	5.6	-8.1
Turnout			143,016	81.1	+9.7
	Awami League gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Dinajpur-2[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Awami League	Satish Chandra Roy	49,440	39.9
	JP(E)	A. F. M. Reazul Huq Chowdhury	32,508	26.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Shah Moksul Minar	25,766	20.8
	BNP	Md. Abdul Momen Chowdhury	9,316	7.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Razzak Chowdhury	5,097	4.1
	Janasakti Party	Abdullah Al Naser	918	0.7
	JSD	Md. Azizul Haq	286	0.2
	Independent	Md. Mamunur Rashid	193	0.2
	JSD (S)	A. Malek	173	0.1
	Zaker Party	Md. Abul Hossein	138	0.1
	JSD (R)	Md. Abdul Hye	90	0.1
Majority			16,932	13.7
Turnout			123,925	71.4
	Awami League gain from [[|N/A]]

References

1. "Dinajpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.