Panchagarh-2

Panchagarh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Panchagarh-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Panchagarh District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	389,941 (2023)[citation needed]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 1 Panchagarh-1 3 Thakurgaon-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all the unions of Boda and Debiganj upazilas and the Boda Pourashova .^[1][2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dinajpur constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.^[4]

Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include the boda Pourashova area of atwari upazilla.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mohammad Farhad	Communist Party[6]
	1988	Md. Kamiz Uddin	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Mozahar Hossain	Communist Party
	1996		BNP
	2008	Nurul Islam Sujon	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Panchagarh-2^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurul Islam Sujan	107,360	93.6	+33.2
	JaSaD	Md Emran Al Amin	7,292	6.4	N/A
Majority			100,068	87.3	+65.8
Turnout			114,652	40.0	−53.0
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Panchagarh-2^[1][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurul Islam Sujan	142,488	60.4	+16.7
	BNP	Mozahar Hossain	91,700	38.9	−7.0
	CPB	Md. Ashraful Alam	926	0.4	−0.5
	BTF	Md. Soona Miah	731	0.3	N/A
Majority			50,788	21.5	+19.3
Turnout			235,845	93.0	+7.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Panchagarh-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mozahar Hossain	83,653	45.9	+10.0
	AL	Nurul Islam Sujan	79,602	43.7	+9.1
	IJOF	Md. Shafiul Alam Pradhan	16,357	9.0	N/A
	CPB	Md. Salim Uddin	1,673	0.9	+0.2
	Independent	Taslim Uddin Ahmed	898	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Jahangir Alam	91	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,051	2.2	+0.9
Turnout			182,274	85.1	+8.4
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Panchagarh-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mozahar Hossain	48,534	35.9	+28.3
	AL	Md. Sirajul Islam	46,815	34.6	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Kamiz Uddin	25,630	18.9	−4.8
	JI	Md. Saidur Rahman	12,557	9.3	−4.4
	CPB	Md. Salim Uddin	952	0.7	−38.5
	Zaker Party	Md. Mansur Ali	459	0.3	−0.2
	Independent	Md. Ashraful Islam	395	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,719	1.3	−14.1
Turnout			135,342	76.7	+16.3
	BNP gain from CPB

General Election 1991: Panchagarh-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPB	Mozahar Hossain	42,335	39.1
	JP(E)	Md. Kamiz Uddin	25,660	23.7
	BNP	Md. Abdul Aziz	17,300	16.0
	JI	Md. Saidur Rahman	14,815	13.7
	Independent	Md. Nurul Amin	6,071	5.6
	Independent	ASM Nuruzzaman	930	0.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Mansur Ali	543	0.5
	FP	Md. Abdal Adil Alvi	355	0.3
	Independent	Md. Safiullah	137	0.1
Majority			16,675	15.4
Turnout			108,146	60.4
	CPB gain from JP(E)