Rangpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by ATM Azharul Islam of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Badarganj and Taraganj upazilas.
History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Afsar Ali Ahmed Bangladesh Awami League 1979 Mohammad AminMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Anisul Haque ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League1988Mohammad Kamal Uddin HaiderJatiya Party (Ershad) Sep 1991 by-election Paritosh Chakrabarti Sep 1996 by-election Anisul Haque Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Mohammad Ali Sarkar Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 2008 Anisul Islam Mondal Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Ahsanul Hoque Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 2018 2024 2026 ATM Azharul Islam Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s Abul Kalam Md. Ahasanul Hoque Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, Rangpur-6, and Kurigram-3. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Anisul Haque Chowdhury of the Awami League was elected in a September 1996 by-election.
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: Rangpur-1, Rangpur-2, Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, and Rangpur-6. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Paritosh Chakrabarti, of the Jatiya Party, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.
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