Nilphamari-2

Nilphamari-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District Nilphamari District
Division Rangpur Division
Electorate 242,637 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1984
Party Awami League
Member(s) Asaduzzaman Nur

Nilphamari-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2001 by Asaduzzaman Nur of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nilphamari Sadar Upazila.[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Dewan Nurunnabi Jatiya Party[3][4]
1991 Md. Shamsuddoha Communist Party of Bangladesh
1996 Ahsan Ahmed Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2001 Asaduzzaman Nur Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Asaduzzaman Nur was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[5]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Nilphamari-2[1][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Asaduzzaman Nur 135,626 61.6 +23.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Moniruzzaman Montu 82,324 37.4 +1.5
IAB Mohammad Ali Paramanik 2,198 1.0 N/A
Majority 53,302 24.2 +22.0
Turnout 220,148 90.7 +7.3
Awami League hold
General Election 2001: Nilphamari-2[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Asaduzzaman Nur 69,960 38.1 +5.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Latif 65,835 35.9 +12.0
IJOF Joynal Abedin 41,227 22.5 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Ahsan Ahmed 5,806 3.2 N/A
Independent Mosa. Monsura Begum 467 0.3 N/A
KSJL Md. Ataur Rahman 282 0.2 N/A
Majority 4,125 2.2 -1.9
Turnout 183,577 83.4 +6.4
Awami League gain from Jatiya Party (E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Nilphamari-2[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Jatiya Party (E) Ahsan Ahmed 44,999 33.3 +9.4
Awami League Joynal Abedin 44,560 33.0 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Latif 32,278 23.9 -4.8
BNP Dewan Nurunnabi 11,615 8.6 -3.8
IOJ Md. Abdus Sattar 959 0.7 N/A
Jatiya Biplobi Front A. K. M. Jakaria Shekh 631 0.5 N/A
Majority 439 0.3 -4.5
Turnout 135,042 77.0 +14.1
Jatiya Party (E) gain from CPB
General Election 1991: Nilphamari-2[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPB Md. Shamsuddoha 35,216 33.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Latif 30,154 28.7
Jatiya Party (E) Dewan Nurunnabi 25,125 23.9
BNP Ahsan Ahmed 13,013 12.4
JSD (R) Md. Aminul Islam 629 0.6
Zaker Party Md. Fazlul Haq 474 0.5
NDP Sayed Md. Ismail 168 0.2
Independent Kazi Aminul Haq 166 0.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Kazi Ashfaq Hossain 153 0.1
Majority 5,062 4.8
Turnout 105,098 62.9
CPB gain from Jatiya Party (E)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "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.
  • "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

Coordinates: 25°56′N 88°52′E / 25.93°N 88.86°E / 25.93; 88.86

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