Thakurgaon-2

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

Thakurgaon-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Thakurgaon District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	317,973 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 3 Thakurgaon-1 5 Thakurgaon-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Baliadangi and Haripur upazilas and two union parishads of Ranisankail Upazila: Dharmaghar, and Kashipur.^[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-4 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Dabirul Islam	Communist Party[4]
	1988	Mirza Ruhul Amin	Jatiya Party[5]
	1991	Dabirul Islam	Communist Party
	Feb 1996	Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury	BNP[6]
	Jun 1996	Dabirul Islam	Awami League
	2024	Mazharul Islam Suzon

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Dabirul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Thakurgaon-2^[1][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Dabirul Islam	102,833	50.8	+12.0
	JI	Abdul Hakim	98,456	48.7	+13.2
	Independent	Shirin Akhtar Banu	1,052	0.5	N/A
Majority			4,377	2.0	−1.3
Turnout			202,341	92.7	+4.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Thakurgaon-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Dabirul Islam	62,483	38.8	−3.5
	JI	Abdul Hakim	57,196	35.5	+22.4
	Independent	Md. Nurul Islam	24,081	14.9	N/A
	IJOF	Sree Suresh Chandra Singh	16,565	10.3	N/A
	Independent	A. K. M. Enyet Ali	434	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Md. Mohshin Sarkar	339	0.2	−0.4
Majority			5,287	3.3	−13.8
Turnout			161,128	87.9	+12.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Thakurgaon-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Dabirul Islam	48,344	42.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Asaduzzaman	28,757	25.1	+10.9
	BNP	Md. Julfiker Murtuja Chowdhury	21,314	18.6	+0.2
	JI	Abdul Hakim	14,933	13.1	−4.8
	CPB	Md. Mohshin Sarkar	673	0.6	−47.5
	Zaker Party	Md. Samsuddin	388	0.3	0.0
Majority			19,587	17.1	−12.7
Turnout			114,409	75.3	+9.8
	AL gain from CPB

General Election 1991: Thakurgaon-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPB	Dabirul Islam	46,452	48.1
	BNP	Md. Altafur Rahman	17,707	18.4
	JI	Abdul Hakim	17,288	17.9
	JP(E)	Md. Abdul Karim	13,720	14.2
	Independent	Md. Nur Kutub Alam	640	0.7
	Zaker Party	Md. A. Jobbar Sarkar	323	0.3
	FP	Badrul Alam Chowdhury	270	0.3
	Independent	Ramesh Chandra Sen	89	0.1
Majority			28,745	29.8
Turnout			96,489	65.5
	CPB gain from