Naogaon-6

Naogaon-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh . Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Naogaon-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Naogaon District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	294,493 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 50 Naogaon-5 52 Rajshahi-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Atrai and Raninagar upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rajshahi-9 constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Ohidur Rahman	Independent[note 1][4][5][6]
	1988	Mullah Rezaul Islam	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Alamgir Kabir	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Israfil Alam	Awami League[8]
	2020 by-election	Anwar Hossain Helal

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Israfil Alam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Naogaon-6^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Israfil Alam	130,985	60.1	+16.2
	BNP	Anwar Hossain Bulu	86,990	39.9	−14.9
Majority			43,995	20.2	+9.3
Turnout			217,975	91.5	+4.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Naogaon-6^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Alamgir Kabir	102,693	54.8	+3.3
	AL	Israfil Alam	82,218	43.9	+6.6
	IJOF	K. C. Mashiur Alam	2,086	1.1	N/A
	CPB	Pradyut Fouzder	359	0.2	N/A
Majority			20,475	10.9	−3.3
Turnout			187,356	87.0	+1.8
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Naogaon-6^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Alamgir Kabir	77,304	51.5	+5.5
	AL	Ohidur Rahman	56,053	37.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Sree Bethindranath Shaha	8,467	5.6	+2.7
	JI	Md. Mofazzal Hossain	7,678	5.1	−9.9
	BKA	M. Abdul Latif	311	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Ataur Rahman	226	0.2	−0.2
Majority			21,251	14.2	+3.4
Turnout			150,039	85.2	+11.3
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Naogaon-6^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Alamgir Kabir	61,183	46.0
	CPB	Ohidur Rahman	46,780	35.2
	JI	Md. Mofazzal Hossain	19,911	15.0
	JP(E)	Mollah Rezaul Islam	3,791	2.9
	Independent	Chowdhury Motahar Hossain	540	0.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazrul Islam	525	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shahiur Rahman Kha	239	0.2
Majority			14,403	10.8
Turnout			132,969	73.9
	BNP gain from

Notes

1. Multiple sources state that Ohidur Rahman was elected as an independent candidate. The Bangladesh Parliament's list of members suggests that during his term he changed his party affiliation to the Communist Party of Bangladesh.