Dinajpur-6

Coordinates: 25°25′N 89°05′E / 25.42°N 89.08°E / 25.42; 89.08
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Dinajpur-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDinajpur District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate466,243 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Shibli Sadique
Seat no. 11

Dinajpur-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shibli Sadique of the Awami League.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Birampur, Ghoraghat, Hakimpur and Nawabganj upazilas.[2][3]

History[edit]

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1973 Mohammed Yusuf Ali Awami League[4]
1979 Golam Rahman Shah Awami League[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Zafar Muhammad Lutfar NAP (Muzaffar)[6]
1988 Abdus Sattar Chowdhury [7]
1991 Azizur Rahman Chowdhury Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu Awami League
2001 Azizur Rahman Chowdhury Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008 Azizul Haque Choudhury Awami League
2014 Shibli Sadique Awami League

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General Election 2014: Dinajpur-6[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Shibli Sadique 115,036 97.0 +57.9
WPB Rabindranata Saren 3,499 3.0 N/A
Majority 111,537 94.1 +93.8
Turnout 118,535 28.7 -62.7
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-6[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Azizul Haque Choudhury 133,610 39.1 +7.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Anwarul Islam 132,752 38.8 -1.0
JP(E) Md. Delwar Hossain 75,740 22.1 N/A
Majority 858 0.3 -7.5
Turnout 342,102 91.4 +9.1
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 2001: Dinajpur-6[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Azizur Rahman Chowdhury 110,598 39.8 +23.4
AL Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu 88,943 32.0 -4.4
Independent Atiur Rahman 32,548 11.7 N/A
IJOF Munser Ali 28,801 10.4 N/A
Independent Azizul Haque Chowdhury 13,394 4.8 N/A
Independent Mizanur Rahman 3,073 1.1 N/A
JSD Md. Afzal Hossain 386 0.1 N/A
Independent Mathias Saren Mothi 364 0.1 N/A
Majority 21,655 7.8 +1.6
Turnout 278,107 82.3 +4.4
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-6[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Mostafizur Rahman Fizu 75,268 36.4 N/A
BNP Atiur Rahman 62,495 30.2 +7.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Azizur Rahman Chowdhury 33,934 16.4 -12.3
JP(E) Md. Monser Ali Sarkar 32,352 15.7 +10.8
IOJ Md. Abdul Qudddus 1,057 0.5 N/A
Independent Md. Mosarraf Hossain 387 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Shah Alam Biswash 376 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Janata Party Md. Moula Boksh 296 0.1 -1.2
Gano Forum Md. Golam Mostofa 252 0.1 N/A
Zaker Party Md. A.T.M. Rezaul 203 0.1 -0.3
Majority 12,773 6.2 +1.8
Turnout 206,620 77.9 +19.7
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Dinajpur-6[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Azizur Rahman Chowdhury 43,989 28.7
BAKSAL Abdul Salam Aman 37,267 24.3
BNP Atiur Rahman 35,255 23.0
Independent Md. Mostafizur Rahman 19,540 12.7
JP(E) Md. Mojibur Rahman 7,463 4.9
Independent Marius Tudu 6,122 4.0
Bangladesh Janata Party Md. Jahangir Selim 1,992 1.3
Zaker Party Md. Mokbul Hosein 636 0.4
JSD (S) Shree Budla Urau 422 0.3
WPB Shree Mondol Soren 372 0.2
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Sadeq Ali Prodhan 317 0.2
Majority 6,722 4.4
Turnout 153,375 58.2
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dinajpur-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Dinajpur-6". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Dinajpur-6". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links[edit]

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