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Rangpur-6

Rangpur-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictRangpur District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate292,994 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Rangpur-6 is a constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Pirganj Upazila.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Karim Uddin Mohammad Awami League[4]
1979 Mujibur Rahman BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Abdul Jalil Pradhan Jatiya Party[6][7]
Sep 1991 by-election S. M. Hossain
Sep 1996 by-election Nur Mohammad Mondal
2001 Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
Apr 2009 by-election Abul Kalam Azad Awami League
Jan 2014 by-election Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sheikh Hasina stood for two seats in the 2014 general election: Rangpur-6 and Gopalganj-3. After winning both, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other, triggering a by-election in Rangpur-6.[8] Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury of the Awami League was elected unopposed in January 2014 after no one else filed to contest the by-election scheduled for February 2014.[9]

General Election 2014: Rangpur-6[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 148,599 96.8
JP(E) Nur Alam Mia 4,959 3.2
Majority 143,640 93.5
Turnout 153,558 58.4
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.[11] Abul Kalam Azad of the Awami League was elected in an April 2009 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Nur Muhammad Mandal.[12]

General Election 2008: Rangpur-6[2][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 170,542 80.0 +35.4
BNP Nur Mohammad Mondal 38,672 18.1 +15.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Shahjahan Ali 2,138 1.0 N/A
CPB Kamruzzaman 1,199 0.6 +0.2
Gano Forum Humayun Izaz Levin 668 0.3 N/A
Majority 131,870 61.8 +54.5
Turnout 213,219 90.0 +8.9
AL gain from IJOF
General Election 2001: Rangpur-6[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IJOF Nur Mohammad Mondal 90,730 51.9
AL Sheikh Hasina 77,991 44.6
BNP Abdul Jalil Pradhan 5,237 3.0
CPB Kamruzzaman 673 0.4
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Abu Hossain Sarkar 171 0.1
JSD Md. Abu Alam Mia 89 0.1
Majority 12,739 7.3
Turnout 174,891 81.1
IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:[16] Rangpur-2,[17] Rangpur-3,[18] Rangpur-5,[19] Rangpur-6, and Kurigram-3.[20] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Nur Mohammad Mondal of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[21]

General Election June 1996: Rangpur-6[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 60,665 52.0
AL Md. Matiar Rahman 37,661 32.3
BNP Md. Matiur Rahman Chowdhury 9,067 7.8
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abdus Salam Prodhan 7,577 6.5
IOJ Md. Golam Mastofa 832 0.7
Zaker Party Md. Azgar Ali 573 0.5
Independent Nur Mohammad Mondal 117 0.1
Independent Mosammat Merina Rahman 77 0.1
Majority 23,004 19.7
Turnout 116,569 68.3
JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[16] Rangpur-1,[22] Rangpur-2,[17] Rangpur-3,[18] Rangpur-5,[19] and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[23] S. M. Hossain, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[24]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-6[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 35,260 38.4
AL Md. Matiar Rahman 34,935 38.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdus Salam Prodhan 10,095 11.0
Independent Abdul Jalil Pradhan 4,658 5.1
JSD Md. Abdus Sobhan 2,870 3.1
BNP Nur Mohammad Mondal 2,750 3.0
Zaker Party Md. Azgar Ali 1,198 1.3
Majority 325 0.4
Turnout 91,766 55.4
JP(E) hold

References

  1. ^ "Rangpur-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Hasina quits Rangpur-6 for by-polls". The Bangladesh Chronicle. UNB. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ Zakaria, Mohammad (28 January 2014). "Gazette: Shirin Sharmin Rangpur-6 MP". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Rangpur-6". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "By-Elections for Bangladesh's Parliament Scheduled for March 30". VOA Bangla. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Three go to AL". bdnews24.com. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  16. ^ a b Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  17. ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  21. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  22. ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  23. ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  24. ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.

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