Panchagarh-2

Panchagarh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nurul Islam Sujan of the Awami League.

Panchagarh-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictPanchagarh District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate334,867 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Nurul Islam Sujan

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Boda and Debiganj upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dinajpur constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Mohammad Farhad Communist Party of Bangladesh[5]
1988 Md. Kamiz Uddin Jatiya Party[6]
1991 Mozahar Hossain Communist Party of Bangladesh
1996 Mozahar Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Nurul Islam Sujon Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Panchagarh-2[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Nurul Islam Sujan 107,360 93.6 +33.2
JSD (R) Md Emran Al Amin 7,292 6.4 N/A
Majority 100,068 87.3 +65.8
Turnout 114,652 40.0 -53.0
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Panchagarh-2[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Nurul Islam Sujan 142,488 60.4 +16.7
BNP Mozahar Hossain 91,700 38.9 -7.0
CPB Md. Ashraful Alam 926 0.4 -0.5
BTF Md. Soona Miah 731 0.3 N/A
Majority 50,788 21.5 +19.3
Turnout 235,845 93.0 +7.9
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Panchagarh-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Mozahar Hossain 83,653 45.9 +10.0
Awami League Nurul Islam Sujan 79,602 43.7 +9.1
IJOF Md. Shafiul Alam Pradhan 16,357 9.0 N/A
CPB Md. Salim Uddin 1,673 0.9 +0.2
Independent Taslim Uddin Ahmed 898 0.5 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Jahangir Alam 91 0.0 N/A
Majority 4,051 2.2 +0.9
Turnout 182,274 85.1 +8.4
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Panchagarh-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Mozahar Hossain 48,534 35.9 +28.3
Awami League Md. Sirajul Islam 46,815 34.6 N/A
JP(E) Md. Kamiz Uddin 25,630 18.9 -4.8
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Saidur Rahman 12,557 9.3 -4.4
CPB Md. Salim Uddin 952 0.7 -38.5
Zaker Party Md. Mansur Ali 459 0.3 -0.2
Independent Md. Ashraful Islam 395 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,719 1.3 -14.1
Turnout 135,342 76.7 +16.3
BNP gain from CPB
General Election 1991: Panchagarh-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPB Mozahar Hossain 42,335 39.1
JP(E) Md. Kamiz Uddin 25,660 23.7
BNP Md. Abdul Aziz 17,300 16.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Saidur Rahman 14,815 13.7
Independent Md. Nurul Amin 6,071 5.6
Independent ASM Nuruzzaman 930 0.9
Zaker Party Md. Mansur Ali 543 0.5
FP Md. Abdal Adil Alvi 355 0.3
Independent Md. Safiullah 137 0.1
Majority 16,675 15.4
Turnout 108,146 60.4
CPB gain from JP(E)
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References
  1. "Panchagarh-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. "District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Panchagarh-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "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.


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