Rangpur-6

Rangpur-6 is a constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.

Rangpur-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rangpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	292,994 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 23 Rangpur-5 25 Kurigram-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Pirganj Upazila.^[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Karim Uddin Mohammad	Awami League[4]
	1979	Mujibur Rahman	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdul Jalil Pradhan	Jatiya Party[6][7]
	Sep 1991 by-election	S. M. Hossain
	Sep 1996 by-election	Nur Mohammad Mondal
	2001		Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	Apr 2009 by-election	Abul Kalam Azad	Awami League
	Jan 2014 by-election	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sheikh Hasina stood for two seats in the 2014 general election: Rangpur-6 and Gopalganj-3. After winning both, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other, triggering a by-election in Rangpur-6.^[8] Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury of the Awami League was elected unopposed in January 2014 after no one else filed to contest the by-election scheduled for February 2014.^[9]

General Election 2014: Rangpur-6^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	148,599	96.8
	JP(E)	Nur Alam Mia	4,959	3.2
Majority			143,640	93.5
Turnout			153,558	58.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.^[11] Abul Kalam Azad of the Awami League was elected in an April 2009 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Nur Muhammad Mandal.^[12]

General Election 2008: Rangpur-6^[2][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	170,542	80.0	+35.4
	BNP	Nur Mohammad Mondal	38,672	18.1	+15.1
	JI	Md. Shahjahan Ali	2,138	1.0	N/A
	CPB	Kamruzzaman	1,199	0.6	+0.2
	Gano Forum	Humayun Izaz Levin	668	0.3	N/A
Majority			131,870	61.8	+54.5
Turnout			213,219	90.0	+8.9
	AL gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-6^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Nur Mohammad Mondal	90,730	51.9
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	77,991	44.6
	BNP	Abdul Jalil Pradhan	5,237	3.0
	CPB	Kamruzzaman	673	0.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abu Hossain Sarkar	171	0.1
	JSD	Md. Abu Alam Mia	89	0.1
Majority			12,739	7.3
Turnout			174,891	81.1
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:^[16] Rangpur-2,^[17] Rangpur-3,^[18] Rangpur-5,^[19] Rangpur-6, and Kurigram-3.^[20] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Nur Mohammad Mondal of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) was elected in a September 1996 by-election.^[21]

General Election June 1996: Rangpur-6^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	60,665	52.0
	AL	Md. Matiar Rahman	37,661	32.3
	BNP	Md. Matiur Rahman Chowdhury	9,067	7.8
	JI	Md. Abdus Salam Prodhan	7,577	6.5
	IOJ	Md. Golam Mastofa	832	0.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Azgar Ali	573	0.5
	Independent	Nur Mohammad Mondal	117	0.1
	Independent	Mosammat Merina Rahman	77	0.1
Majority			23,004	19.7
Turnout			116,569	68.3
	JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:^[16] Rangpur-1,^[22] Rangpur-2,^[17] Rangpur-3,^[18] Rangpur-5,^[19] and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.^[23] S. M. Hossain, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.^[24]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-6^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	35,260	38.4
	AL	Md. Matiar Rahman	34,935	38.1
	JI	Abdus Salam Prodhan	10,095	11.0
	Independent	Abdul Jalil Pradhan	4,658	5.1
	JSD	Md. Abdus Sobhan	2,870	3.1
	BNP	Nur Mohammad Mondal	2,750	3.0
	Zaker Party	Md. Azgar Ali	1,198	1.3
Majority			325	0.4
Turnout			91,766	55.4
	JP(E) hold