Thakurgaon-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Thakurgaon-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current Member of Parliament in this constituency is Abdus Salam of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
| Thakurgaon-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Thakurgaon District |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| Electorate | 317,973 (2023) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Abdus Salam |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Baliadangi and Haripur upazilas and two union parishads of Ranisankail Upazila: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.[1][2]
History
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
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abdus Salam | 121,017 | 51.12 | N/A | ||
| Jamaat | Abdul Hakim | 115,707 | 48.88 | +0.18 | ||
| Majority | 5,310 | 2.24 | +0.24 | |||
| Turnout | 236,724 | 69.62 | −23.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 340,049 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 2010s
Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dabirul Islam | 102,833 | 50.8 | +12.0 | |
| Jamaat | 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dabirul Islam | 62,483 | 38.8 | −3.5 | |
| Jamaat | 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
| 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 | 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 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPB | Dabirul Islam | 46,452 | 48.1 | |||
| BNP | Md. Altafur Rahman | 17,707 | 18.4 | |||
| Jamaat | 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 | ||||||
