Rangpur-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 17 February, 2026, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer and former Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir, Dhaka University unit president A. T. M. Azharul Islam has been member of parliament for this constituency.
| Rangpur-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Rangpur District |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| Electorate | 312,816 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Member of Parliament | ATM Azharul Islam |
Boundaries
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Afsar Ali Ahmed | Awami League[4][5] | |
| 1979 | Mohammad Amin | ||
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | Awami League[6] | |
| 1988 | Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider | Jatiya Party[7] | |
| Sep 1991 by-election | Paritosh Chakrabarti | ||
| Sep 1996 by-election | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | Awami League | |
| 2001 | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | Islami Jatiya Oikya Front | |
| 2008 | Anisul Islam Mondal | Jatiya Party | |
| 2014 | Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury | Awami League | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSD (Rab) | Md. Azizur Rahman | ||||
| BNP | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | ||||
| IAB | Md. Ashraf Ali | ||||
| JP(E) | Anisul Islam Mandal | ||||
| Jamaat | A. T. M. Azharul Islam | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Anisul Islam Mondal | 166,271 | 75.6 | N/A | ||
| Jamaat | ATM Azharul Islam | 36,586 | 16.6 | +7.0 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Ali Sarker | 14,850 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Md. Ripon Sarker | 2,177 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 129,685 | 59.0 | +51.7 | |||
| Turnout | 219,884 | 87.7 | +5.7 | |||
| JP(E) gain from IJOF | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJOF | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | 91,921 | 48.6 | |||
| AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 78,163 | 41.4 | |||
| Jamaat | ATM Azharul Islam | 17,788 | 9.4 | |||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Khabir Uddin | 1,124 | 0.6 | |||
| Majority | 13,758 | 7.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 188,996 | 82.0 | ||||
| IJOF gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:[13] Rangpur-2,[12] Rangpur-3,[14] Rangpur-5,[15] Rangpur-6,[16] and Kurigram-3.[17] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Anisul Haque Chowdhury of the Awami League was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[18]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 66,929 | 47.7 | ||
| AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 55,800 | 39.8 | ||
| Jamaat | ATM Azharul Islam | 8,273 | 5.9 | ||
| BNP | Paritosh Chakrabarti | 4,025 | 2.9 | ||
| Zaker Party | Abdul Hamid Kabir Sharif | 3,761 | 2.7 | ||
| JSD | Md. Ruhul Amin | 858 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | 336 | 0.2 | ||
| Gano Forum | Md. Meser Uddin | 190 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Merina Rahman | 161 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 11,129 | 7.9 | |||
| Turnout | 140,333 | 77.3 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[13] Rangpur-1,[19] Rangpur-2,[12] Rangpur-3,[14] Rangpur-5,[15] and Rangpur-6.[16] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[20] Paritosh Chakrabarti, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 50,221 | 45.4 | |||
| AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 45,206 | 40.9 | |||
| Jamaat | Shah Muhammad Nur Hossain | 7,676 | 6.9 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Nazrul Haq | 2,601 | 2.4 | |||
| JSD | Md. Abdus Sattar | 2,336 | 2.1 | |||
| BNP | Mohsin Ali | 2,308 | 2.1 | |||
| Independent | Md. Ilias Ali | 299 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 5,015 | 4.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 110,647 | 59.2 | ||||
| JP(E) gain from | ||||||
