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3 Members of Parliament  





4 Elections  



4.1  Elections in the 2010s  





4.2  Elections in the 2000s  





4.3  Elections in the 1990s  







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Coordinates: 26°05N 88°17E / 26.09°N 88.28°E / 26.09; 88.28
 

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Thakurgaon-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictThakurgaon District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate317,973 (December 2023)[citation needed]

Male Voters: 163,668[citation needed]

Women Voters: 154,305[citation needed]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Mazharul Islam Suzon

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Seat no. 4

Seat no.5

Thakurgaon-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mazharul Islam Suzon of the Awami League.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Baliadangi and Haripur upazilas and two union parishadsofRanisankail Upazila: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.[1][2]

History

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The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.[3]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1986 Dabirul Islam Communist Party of Bangladesh[4]
1988 Mirza Ruhul Amin [5]
1991 Dabirul Islam Communist Party of Bangladesh
Feb 1996 Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
Jun 1996 Dabirul Islam Awami League
2024 Mazharul Islam Suzon Awami League

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Thakurgaon-2[1][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dabirul Islam 102,833 50.8 +12.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Hakim 98,456 48.7 +13.2
Independent Shirin Akhtar Banu 1,052 0.5 N/A
Majority 4,377 2.0 −1.3
Turnout 202,341 92.7 +4.8
AL hold
General Election 2001: Thakurgaon-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dabirul Islam 62,483 38.8 −3.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Hakim 57,196 35.5 +22.4
Independent Md. Nurul Islam 24,081 14.9 N/A
IJOF Sree Suresh Chandra Singh 16,565 10.3 N/A
Independent A. K. M. Enyet Ali 434 0.3 N/A
CPB Md. Mohshin Sarkar 339 0.2 −0.4
Majority 5,287 3.3 −13.8
Turnout 161,128 87.9 +12.6
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Thakurgaon-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dabirul Islam 48,344 42.3 N/A
JP(E) Md. Asaduzzaman 28,757 25.1 +10.9
BNP Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury 21,314 18.6 +0.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Hakim 14,933 13.1 −4.8
CPB Md. Mohshin Sarkar 673 0.6 −47.5
Zaker Party Md. Samsuddin 388 0.3 0.0
Majority 19,587 17.1 −12.7
Turnout 114,409 75.3 +9.8
AL gain from CPB
General Election 1991: Thakurgaon-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPB Dabirul Islam 46,452 48.1
BNP Md. Altafur Rahman 17,707 18.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Hakim 17,288 17.9
JP(E) Md. Abdul Karim 13,720 14.2
Independent Md. Nur Kutub Alam 640 0.7
Zaker Party Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar 323 0.3
FP Badrul Alam Chowdhury 270 0.3
Independent Ramesh Chandra Sen 89 0.1
Majority 28,745 29.8
Turnout 96,489 65.5
CPB gain from

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  • ^ "District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  • ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  • ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  • ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  • ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  • ^ a b c "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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