Bogra-2

Bogra-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shariful Islam Jinnah of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).

Bogra-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictBogra District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate296,406 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyJatiya Party (Ershad)
Member(s)Shariful Islam Jinnah

Boundaries

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

History

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

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Kasim Uddin Ahmed Awami League[4]
1979 Md. Abul Hasnat Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Mozaffar Hossain Jatiya Party[6]
1988 Syed Maskarul Alam Chowdhury [7]
1991 Shahaduzzaman Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
February 1996 Rezaul Bari Dina Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 A. K. M. Hafizur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 Rezaul Bari Dina Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 A. K. M. Hafizur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Shariful Islam Jinnah Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shariful Islam Jinnah was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Bogra-2[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP A. K. M Hafijur Rahman 134,359 59.9 -3.9
JP(E) Shariful Islam Jinnah 88,977 39.7 N/A
BDB Md. Anisar Rahman 970 0.4 N/A
Majority 45,382 20.2 -17.5
Turnout 224,306 92.1 +7.2
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Bogra-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Rezaul Bari Dina 116,806 63.8 +12.2
Awami League Mahmudur Rahman Manna 47,819 26.1 +12.3
IJOF Shariful Islam Jinnah 17,716 9.7 N/A
JSD Md. Abdul Karim Mandal 436 0.2 N/A
Independent Mozaffar Hossain 390 0.2 N/A
Majority 68,987 37.7 +3.2
Turnout 183,167 84.9 +4.3
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Bogra-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP A. K. M. Hafizur Rahman 74,345 51.6 +27.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Shahaduzzaman 24,593 17.1 -16.9
JP(E) Shariful Islam Jinnah 21,518 14.9 +8.7
Awami League Mahmudur Rahman Manna 19,871 13.8 +2.8
Gano Forum Masudur Rahman Helal 3,795 2.6 N/A
Majority 49,752 34.5 +24.7
Turnout 144,122 80.6 +22.0
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Bogra-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Shahaduzzaman 33,969 34.0
BNP Md. Motiar Rahman Prang 24,213 24.2
Independent Md. Abul Kasem Fakir 13,967 14.0
Awami League Md. Rafiqul Islam Fakir 10,958 11.0
JP(E) Mozaffar Hossain 6,164 6.2
FP Syed Maskarul Alam Chowdhury 3,735 3.7
JSD Altab Hossain 2,346 2.3
Jatia Mukti Dal Mahmudur Rahman Manna 2,180 2.2
Independent Shahidullah 1,266 1.3
Zaker Party Abdul Samad 914 0.9
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman Prang 297 0.3
Majority 9,756 9.8
Turnout 100,009 58.6
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from [[|N/A]]

References
  1. "Bogura-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. 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.
  4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  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. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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.


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