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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Thakurgaon-2 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Thakurgaon District Division Rangpur Division Electorate 317,973 (2023) Current constituency Created 1984 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Abdus Salam ← 3 Thakurgaon-1 5 Thakurgaon-3 →

**Thakurgaon-2** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). The current [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) in this constituency is [Abdus Salam](/source/Abdus_Salam_(Thakurgaon_politician)) of [Bangladesh Nationalist Party](/source/Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Baliadangi](/source/Baliadangi_Upazila) and [Haripur](/source/Haripur_Upazila) upazilas and two [union parishads](/source/Union_Parishad) of [Ranisankail Upazila](/source/Ranisankail_Upazila): Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: [Panchagarh](/source/Panchagarh_District), [Thakurgaon](/source/Thakurgaon_District), and [Dinajpur](/source/Dinajpur_District%2C_Bangladesh).[3]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1986 Dabirul Islam Communist Party[4] 1988 Mirza Ruhul Amin Jatiya Party[5] 1991 Dabirul Islam Communist Party Feb 1996 Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury BNP[6] Jun 1996 Dabirul Islam Awami League 2024 Mazharul Islam Suzon 2026 Abdus Salam BNP

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Thakurgaon-2[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Abdus Salam 121,017 51.12 N/A Jamaat Abdul Hakim 115,707 48.88 +0.18 Majority 5,310 2.24 +0.24 Turnout 236,724 69.62 −23.08 Registered electors 340,049 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Thakurgaon-2[1][9][10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Dabirul Islam 102,833 50.8 +12.0 Jamaat Abdul Hakim 98,456 48.7 +13.2 Independent Shirin Akhtar Banu 1,052 0.5 N/A Majority 4,377 2.0 −1.3 Turnout 202,341 92.7 +4.8 AL hold

General Election 2001: Thakurgaon-2[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Dabirul Islam 62,483 38.8 −3.5 Jamaat Abdul Hakim 57,196 35.5 +22.4 Independent Md. Nurul Islam 24,081 14.9 N/A IJOF Sree Suresh Chandra Singh 16,565 10.3 N/A Independent A. K. M. Enyet Ali 434 0.3 N/A CPB Md. Mohshin Sarkar 339 0.2 −0.4 Majority 5,287 3.3 −13.8 Turnout 161,128 87.9 +12.6 AL hold

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Thakurgaon-2[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Dabirul Islam 48,344 42.3 N/A JP(E) Md. Asaduzzaman 28,757 25.1 +10.9 BNP Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury 21,314 18.6 +0.2 Jamaat Abdul Hakim 14,933 13.1 −4.8 CPB Md. Mohshin Sarkar 673 0.6 −47.5 Zaker Party Md. Samsuddin 388 0.3 0.0 Majority 19,587 17.1 −12.7 Turnout 114,409 75.3 +9.8 AL gain from CPB

General Election 1991: Thakurgaon-2[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPB Dabirul Islam 46,452 48.1 BNP Md. Altafur Rahman 17,707 18.4 Jamaat Abdul Hakim 17,288 17.9 JP(E) Md. Abdul Karim 13,720 14.2 Independent Md. Nur Kutub Alam 640 0.7 Zaker Party Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar 323 0.3 FP Badrul Alam Chowdhury 270 0.3 Independent Ramesh Chandra Sen 89 0.1 Majority 28,745 29.8 Turnout 96,489 65.5 CPB gain from

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_1-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-district-stats_3-0)** ["District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140911/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dinajpur.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics*. Archived from [the original](http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dinajpur.pdf) (PDF) on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1986results_4-0)** ["List of 3rd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_5-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-feb1996results_6-0)** ["List of 6th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["ঠাকুরগাঁও-২"](https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/4). *প্রথম আলো* (in Bengali).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_8-0)** Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). ["AL closer to majority before voting"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/). *New Age*. Dhaka. Archived from [the original](http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/) on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008results_9-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=001&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_10-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_11-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081222053944/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=4). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=4) on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links

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

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