Dinajpur-2

Dinajpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current Member of Parliament in this constituency is Md. Sadiq Riaz of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Biral and Bochaganj upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
	1973	Sirajul Islam	Bangladesh Awami League
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Satish Chandra Roy	Bangladesh Awami League
	1988	Reazul Huq Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	1991	Satish Chandra Roy	Bangladesh Awami League
	Feb 1996	Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Jun 1996	Satish Chandra Roy	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014
	2018
	2024
	2026	Md. Sadiq Riaz	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Dinajpur-2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Sadiq Riaz	144,317	58.63	+19.53
	Jamaat	A.K.M. Afzalul Anam	101,831	41.37	N/A
Majority	42,486	17.26	−4.04
Turnout	275,472	74.15	−18.75
Registered electors	371,478
	BNP gain from AL	Swing	+19.53

Elections in the 2010s

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury	138,152	60.4	+22.3
	BNP	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	89,419	39.1	−3.5
	Independent	Jalal Uddin Ahamed	985	0.4	N/A
Majority	48,733	21.3	+16.9
Turnout	228,556	92.9	+7.0
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman	79,490	42.6	+25.8
	AL	Satish Chandra Roy	71,229	38.1	−0.7
	IJOF	Md. Anowarul Huq Chowdhury	33,280	17.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Kachim Uddin	1,498	0.8	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdullah Al Naser	1,244	0.7	−0.1
Majority	8,261	4.4	−1.2
Turnout	186,741	85.9	+4.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Satish Chandra Roy	55,551	38.8	−1.1
	JP(E)	A. F. M. Reazul Haq Chowdhury	47,611	33.3	+7.1
	BNP	M. A. Zalil	24,044	16.8	+9.3
	Jamaat	Mahbub Alam	13,663	9.6	−11.2
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdullah Al Naser	1,153	0.8	−3.3
	JSD	Taimur Rahman	482	0.3	+0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Hye	314	0.2	−0.1
	Zaker Party	Md. A.T.M. Rezaul	198	0.1	0.0
Majority	7,940	5.6	−8.1
Turnout	143,016	81.1	+9.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Dinajpur-2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Satish Chandra Roy	49,440	39.9
	JP(E)	A. F. M. Reazul Huq Chowdhury	32,508	26.2
	Jamaat	Md. Shah Moksul Minar	25,766	20.8
	BNP	Md. Abdul Momen Chowdhury	9,316	7.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Razzak Chowdhury	5,097	4.1
	Janasakti Party	Abdullah Al Naser	918	0.7
	JSD	Md. Azizul Haq	286	0.2
	Independent	Md. Mamunur Rashid	193	0.2
	JSD (S)	A. Malek	173	0.1
	Zaker Party	Md. Abul Hossein	138	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Hye	90	0.1
Majority	16,932	13.7
Turnout	123,925	71.4
	AL gain from

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