Panchagarh-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Panchagarh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current Member of Parliament in this constituency is Farhad Hossain Azad of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
| Panchagarh-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Panchagarh District |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| Electorate | 417,529 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Farhad Hossain Azad |
Boundaries
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]
Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include the Boda Pourashova area of Atwari upazilla.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Farhad Hossain Azad | 174,650 | 57.55 | +11.65 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Shafiul Alam | 128,862 | 42.45 | +33.45 | ||
| IAB | Md. Kamrul Hasan Prodhan | 4,391 | 1.45 | |||
| Majority | 45,788 | 15.08 | −72.22 | |||
| Turnout | 303,512 | 72.70 | +32.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 417,529 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Nurul Islam Sujan | 107,360 | 93.6 | +33.2 | |
| JSD | Md Emran Al Amin | 7,292 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 100,068 | 87.3 | +65.8 | ||
| Turnout | 114,652 | 40.0 | −53.0 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 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 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mozahar Hossain | 83,653 | 45.9 | +10.0 | |
| AL | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mozahar Hossain | 48,534 | 35.9 | +28.3 | ||
| AL | Md. Sirajul Islam | 46,815 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) | Md. Kamiz Uddin | 25,630 | 18.9 | −4.8 | ||
| Jamaat | 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 | ||||||
| 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 | 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) | ||||||
