Rajshahi-6
Rajshahi-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Shahriar Alam of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bagha and Charghat Upazilas.
History
The constituency was created from the former Rajshahi-5 constituency when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 reapportionment transferred one seat from Sirajganj District to Rajshahi District. The new seat took the name Rajshahi-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Atowar Rahman Talukder | Awami League | |
1979 | Mohammad Maqbool Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Shahriar Alam | Awami League | |
2014 | |||
2018 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Shahriar Alam | 70,110 | 76.6 | +20.7 | |
Independent | Md. Rahenul Haque Raihan | 21,463 | 23.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 48,647 | 53.1 | +40.9 | ||
Turnout | 91,573 | 33.4 | −58.2 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Shariar Alam | 126,807 | 55.9 | ||
BNP | Azizur Rahman | 99,148 | 43.7 | ||
BDB | Maskaol Ahoshan | 501 | 0.2 | ||
JSD | Nurul Islam | 436 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 27,659 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 226,892 | 91.6 | |||
AL win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Rajshahi-6". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ Ali, Anwar (20 November 2008). "Minu's acquittal enlivens Rajshahi BNP". The Daily Star.
- ^ "Rajshahi-6". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
External links
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