Kurigram-2
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| Kurigram-2 | |
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| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Kurigram District |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| Electorate | 493,356 (2018) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | National Citizen Party |
| Member of Parliament | Atiqur Rahman Mojahid |
Kurigram-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current member of parliament is Atiqur Rahman Mojahid.
The constituency encompasses Kurigram Sadar, Phulbari, and Rajarhat upazilas.[1]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-14 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[2] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[3]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it excluded four union parishads of Rajarhat Upazila: Bidyananda, Gharialdanga, Nazimkhan, and Omar Majid.[1][4][5]
