{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Thakurgaon-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঠাকুরগাঁও-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Thakurgaon District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 317,973 (2023) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | member_label = [[Member of Parliament]] | member = [[Abdus Salam]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Thakurgaon-1|3 Thakurgaon-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Thakurgaon-3|5 Thakurgaon-3]] →}} }} '''Thakurgaon-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[Abdus Salam (Thakurgaon politician)|Abdus Salam]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Baliadangi Upazila|Baliadangi]] and [[Haripur Upazila|Haripur]] upazilas and two [[Union Parishad|union parishads]] of [[Ranisankail Upazila]]: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: [[Panchagarh District|Panchagarh]], [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]], and [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Dabirul Islam]] | [[Communist Party of Bangladesh|Communist Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mirza Ruhul Amin]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Dabirul Islam]] | [[Communist Party of Bangladesh|Communist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | [[Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="feb1996results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Dabirul Islam]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Mazharul Islam Suzon]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Abdus Salam]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Thakurgaon-2<ref>{{cite web |title=ঠাকুরগাঁও-২ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/4 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate= [[Abdus Salam]] |votes=121,017 |percentage=51.12 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Abdul Hakim |votes=115,707 |percentage=48.88 |change=+0.18 }} {{Election box majority | votes = 5,310 | percentage = 2.24 | change = +0.24 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 236,724 | percentage = 69.62 | change = −23.08 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 340,049 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing | winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Thakurgaon-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dabirul Islam]] |votes = 102,833 |percentage = 50.8 |change = +12.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Hakim |votes = 98,456 |percentage = 48.7 |change = +13.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shirin Akhtar Banu |votes = 1,052 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,377 |percentage = 2.0 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 202,341 |percentage = 92.7 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Thakurgaon-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dabirul Islam]] |votes = 62,483 |percentage = 38.8 |change = -3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Hakim |votes = 57,196 |percentage = 35.5 |change = +22.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Nurul Islam |votes = 24,081 |percentage = 14.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Sree Suresh Chandra Singh |votes = 16,565 |percentage = 10.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. K. M. Enyet Ali |votes = 434 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Mohshin Sarkar |votes = 339 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.4 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,287 |percentage = 3.3 |change = -13.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 161,128 |percentage = 87.9 |change = +12.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Thakurgaon-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dabirul Islam]] |votes = 48,344 |percentage = 42.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 28,757 |percentage = 25.1 |change = +10.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury]] |votes = 21,314 |percentage = 18.6 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Hakim |votes = 14,933 |percentage = 13.1 |change = -4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Mohshin Sarkar |votes = 673 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -47.5 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Samsuddin |votes = 388 |percentage = 0.3 |change = 0.0 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,587 |percentage = 17.1 |change = -12.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 114,409 |percentage = 75.3 |change = +9.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Communist Party of Bangladesh }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Thakurgaon-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Dabirul Islam]] |votes = 46,452 |percentage = 48.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Altafur Rahman |votes = 17,707 |percentage = 18.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Hakim |votes = 17,288 |percentage = 17.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Abdul Karim |votes = 13,720 |percentage = 14.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Nur Kutub Alam |votes = 640 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar |votes = 323 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Badrul Alam Chowdhury |votes = 270 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Ramesh Chandra Sen]] |votes = 89 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,745 |percentage = 29.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 96,489 |percentage = 65.5 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Communist Party of Bangladesh |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}}</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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dinajpur.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140911/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dinajpur.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}}</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="feb1996results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 6th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=001&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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=4 |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/20081222053944/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=4 |archive-date=22 December 2008}}</ref> </references>
==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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