{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Dinajpur-6 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = দিনাজপুর-৬.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 557,692 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[A. Z. M. Zahid Hossain]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Dinajpur-5|10 Dinajpur-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Nilphamari-1|12 Nilphamari-1]] →}} }} '''Dinajpur-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[A. Z. M. Zahid Hossain]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Birampur Upazila|Birampur]], [[Ghoraghat Upazila|Ghoraghat]], [[Hakimpur Upazila|Hakimpur]] and [[Nawabganj Upazila, Dinajpur|Nawabganj]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, which was held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mohammed Yusuf Ali]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /><ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Golam Rahman Shah]] |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|National Awami Party}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Zafar Muhammad Lutfar]] |[[National Awami Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Abdus Sattar Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Azizur Rahman Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Md. Atiur Rahman]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Azizur Rahman Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Azizul Haque Choudhury]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" | [[Shibli Sadique]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[A. Z. M. Zahid Hossain]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Dinajpur-6<ref>{{cite web |title=দিনাজপুর-৬ |url=http://election.prothomalo.com/seat/11 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[A. Z. M. Zahid Hossain]] |votes= 205,118 |percentage=50.4 |change=+18.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate= Md. Anowarul Islam |votes=190,703 |percentage=46.8 |change=+7.5 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 14,415 |percentage = 3.5 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 407,277 |percentage = 73.0 |change = +44.3 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 557,692 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League |swing = +18.1 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Dinajpur-6<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shibli Sadique]] |votes = 115,036 |percentage = 97.0 |change = +57.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Rabindranata Saren |votes = 3,499 |percentage = 3.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 111,537 |percentage = 94.1 |change = +93.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 118,535 |percentage = 28.7 |change = -62.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Dinajpur-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Azizul Haque Choudhury]] |votes = 133,610 |percentage = 39.1 |change = +7.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Anwarul Islam |votes = 132,752 |percentage = 38.8 |change = -1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Delwar Hossain |votes = 75,740 |percentage = 22.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 858 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -7.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 342,102 |percentage = 91.4 |change = +9.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Dinajpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Azizur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 110,598 |percentage = 39.8 |change = +23.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu]] |votes = 88,943 |percentage = 32.0 |change = -4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Atiur Rahman |votes = 32,548 |percentage = 11.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Munser Ali |votes = 28,801 |percentage = 10.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Azizul Haque Chowdhury]] |votes = 13,394 |percentage = 4.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mizanur Rahman |votes = 3,073 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Afzal Hossain |votes = 386 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mathias Saren Mothi |votes = 364 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,655 |percentage = 7.8 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 278,107 |percentage = 82.3 |change = +4.4 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Dinajpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu]] |votes = 75,268 |percentage = 36.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Atiur Rahman |votes = 62,495 |percentage = 30.2 |change = +7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Azizur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 33,934 |percentage = 16.4 |change = -12.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Monser Ali Sarkar |votes = 32,352 |percentage = 15.7 |change = +10.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abdul Qudddus |votes = 1,057 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mosarraf Hossain |votes = 387 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Shah Alam Biswash |votes = 376 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Moula Boksh |votes = 296 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Golam Mostofa |votes = 252 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. A.T.M. Rezaul |votes = 203 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.3 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,773 |percentage = 6.2 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 206,620 |percentage = 77.9 |change = +19.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Dinajpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Azizur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 43,989 |percentage = 28.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Abdul Salam Aman |votes = 37,267 |percentage = 24.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Atiur Rahman |votes = 35,255 |percentage = 23.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mostafizur Rahman |votes = 19,540 |percentage = 12.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Mojibur Rahman |votes = 7,463 |percentage = 4.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Marius Tudu |votes = 6,122 |percentage = 4.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Jahangir Selim |votes = 1,992 |percentage = 1.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Mokbul Hosein |votes = 636 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) |candidate = Shree Budla Urau |votes = 422 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Shree Mondol Soren |votes = 372 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Sadeq Ali Prodhan |votes = 317 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,722 |percentage = 4.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 153,375 |percentage = 58.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references>
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Dinajpur-6 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=011 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809090827/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=011 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=39 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Dinajpur-6 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=11&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011151425/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php%3Fsol%3D11%26Year%3D2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=11 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224222901/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=11 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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