{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rangpur-6 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রংপুর-৬.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rangpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 355,737 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Md Nurul Amin (Rangpur politician)|Md. Nurul Amin]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rangpur-5|23 Rangpur-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Kurigram-1|25 Kurigram-1]] →}} }} '''Rangpur-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Md Nurul Amin (Rangpur politician)|Md. Nurul Amin]] is the member of parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur|Pirganj Upazila]], integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, 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]] | [[Karim Uddin Mohammad]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Mojibur Rahman (politician, born 1941)|Mujibur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |'''Major Boundary Changes''' |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Abdul Jalil Pradhan]] | rowspan="3" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | Sep 1991 by-election | [[S. M. Hossain]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | Sep 1996 by-election | rowspan="2" | [[Nur Mohammad Mondal]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Jatiya Oikya Front}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Islami Jatiya Oikya Front]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | Apr 2009 by-election | [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)|Abul Kalam Azad]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" | [[Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury]] |- | 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 Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Md Nurul Amin (Rangpur politician)|Md. Nurul Amin]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rangpur-6<ref>{{cite web |title=রংপুর-৬ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/24 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Md Nurul Amin (Rangpur politician)|Md. Nurul Amin]] |votes=118,890 |percentage=48.5 |change=+42.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Md. Saiful Islam |votes=116,919 |percentage=47.7 |change=+44.7 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,971 |percentage = 0.8 |change = -92.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 244,970 |percentage = 68.9 |change = +10.5 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 355,737 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== 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.<ref name="bc8Jan2014" /> [[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.<ref name="dt28Jan2014" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Rangpur-6<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Hasina]] |votes = 148,599 |percentage = 96.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Nur Alam Mia |votes = 4,959 |percentage = 3.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 143,640 |percentage = 93.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 153,558 |percentage = 58.4 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== 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.<ref name="voa15Feb2009" /> [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)|Abul Kalam Azad]] of the Awami League was elected in an April 2009 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Nur Muhammad Mandal.<ref name="bdn2Apr2009" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Rangpur-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Hasina]] |votes = 170,542 |percentage = 80.0 |change = +35.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nur Mohammad Mondal]] |votes = 38,672 |percentage = 18.1 |change = +15.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Shahjahan Ali |votes = 2,138 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Kamruzzaman |votes = 1,199 |percentage = 0.6 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Humayun Izaz Levin |votes = 668 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 131,870 |percentage = 61.8 |change = +54.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 213,219 |percentage = 90.0 |change = +8.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Rangpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Nur Mohammad Mondal]] |votes = 90,730 |percentage = 51.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Hasina]] |votes = 77,991 |percentage = 44.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Jalil Pradhan]] |votes = 5,237 |percentage = 3.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Kamruzzaman |votes = 673 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Abu Hossain Sarkar |votes = 171 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Abu Alam Mia |votes = 89 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,739 |percentage = 7.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 174,891 |percentage = 81.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:<ref name="Banglapedia-Ershad" /> [[Rangpur-2]],<ref name="votemonitor020" /> [[Rangpur-3]],<ref name="votemonitor021" /> Rangpur-5,<ref name="votemonitor023" /> Rangpur-6, and [[Kurigram-3]].<ref name="votemonitor027" /> 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.<ref name="1996results" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Rangpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] |votes = 60,665 |percentage = 52.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Matiar Rahman |votes = 37,661 |percentage = 32.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Matiur Rahman Chowdhury |votes = 9,067 |percentage = 7.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdus Salam Prodhan |votes = 7,577 |percentage = 6.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Golam Mastofa |votes = 832 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Azgar Ali |votes = 573 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Nur Mohammad Mondal]] |votes = 117 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mosammat Merina Rahman |votes = 77 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 23,004 |percentage = 19.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 116,569 |percentage = 68.3 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:<ref name="Banglapedia-Ershad" /> [[Rangpur-1]],<ref name="votemonitor019" /> [[Rangpur-2]],<ref name="votemonitor020" /> [[Rangpur-3]],<ref name="votemonitor021" /> [[Rangpur-5]],<ref name="votemonitor023" /> and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.<ref name="1991results" /> [[S. M. Hossain]], of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.<ref name="Akhter2001" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Rangpur-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] |votes = 35,260 |percentage = 38.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Matiar Rahman |votes = 34,935 |percentage = 38.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdus Salam Prodhan |votes = 10,095 |percentage = 11.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Abdul Jalil Pradhan]] |votes = 4,658 |percentage = 5.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Abdus Sobhan |votes = 2,870 |percentage = 3.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nur Mohammad Mondal]] |votes = 2,750 |percentage = 3.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Azgar Ali |votes = 1,198 |percentage = 1.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 325 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 91,766 |percentage = 55.4 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
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==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}
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