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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Rangpur-2 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Rangpur District Division Rangpur Division Electorate 312,816 (2018)[1] Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament ATM Azharul Islam ← 19 Rangpur-1 21 Rangpur-3 →

**Rangpur-2** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). Since 17 February, 2026, [Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami](/source/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami) Nayeb-e-Ameer and former [Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir](/source/Bangladesh_Islami_Chhatra_Shibir), [Dhaka University](/source/University_of_Dhaka) unit president [A. T. M. Azharul Islam](/source/A._T._M._Azharul_Islam) has been member of parliament for this constituency.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Badarganj](/source/Badarganj_Upazila) and [Taraganj](/source/Taraganj_Upazila) upazilas.[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 Afsar Ali Ahmed Bangladesh Awami League[4][5] 1979 Mohammad Amin Major Boundary Changes 1986 Anisul Haque Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League[6] 1988 Mohammad Kamal Uddin Haider Jatiya Party (Ershad)[7] Sep 1991 by-election Paritosh Chakrabarti Sep 1996 by-election Anisul Haque Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Mohammad Ali Sarkar Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 2008 Anisul Islam Mondal Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Ahsanul Hoque Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 2018 2024 2026 ATM Azharul Islam Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Rangpur-2[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jamaat A. T. M. Azharul Islam 135,556 52.3 +35.7 BNP Mohammad Ali Sarkar 80,538 31.1 +28.2 Majority 55,018 21.2 −37.8 Turnout 259,130 68.0 −19.7 Registered electors 380,921 Jamaat gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rangpur-2[2][10][11] 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

General Election 2001: Rangpur-2[12] 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](/source/Rangpur-3),[14] [Rangpur-5](/source/Rangpur-5),[15] [Rangpur-6](/source/Rangpur-6),[16] and [Kurigram-3](/source/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](/source/Anisul_Haque_Chowdhury_(Rangpur_politician)) of the Awami League was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[18]

General Election June 1996: Rangpur-2[12] 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](/source/Rangpur-1),[19] Rangpur-2,[12] [Rangpur-3](/source/Rangpur-3),[14] [Rangpur-5](/source/Rangpur-5),[15] and [Rangpur-6](/source/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](/source/Paritosh_Chakrabarti), of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[21]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-2[12] 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

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## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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