Khulna-2
Khulna-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Khulna District |
Division | Khulna Division |
Electorate | 294,116 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member(s) | vacant |
Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.[6]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Sheikh Abdur Rahman | Bangladesh Awami League[7] | |
1979 | Abu Saleh Md. Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mohammad Mohsin | Jatiya Party (Ershad)[9][10] | |
1988 | Mia Musa Hossain | ||
1991 | Sheikh Razzak Ali | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Nov 2001 by-election | Ali Asgar Lobi | ||
2008 | Nazrul Islam Manju | ||
2014 | Mohammad Mizanur Rahman | Bangladesh Awami League[1] | |
2018 | Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Mohammad Mizanur Rahman | 69,017 | 95.0 | +45.9 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Rashida Karim | 3,649 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 65,368 | 90.0 | +89.1 | |||
Turnout | 72,666 | 27.6 | −48.7 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Nazrul Islam Manju | 90,950 | 50.0 | −7.8 | |
AL | Muhammad Mizanur Rahman | 89,280 | 49.1 | +10.1 | |
NAP | Md. Fajlur Rahman | 1,081 | 0.6 | N/A | |
United Citizen Movement | Kazi Faruq Ahmed | 277 | 0.2 | N/A | |
BSD | A. B. M. Nurul Alam | 131 | 0.1 | N/A | |
National People's Party | Sheikh Md. Jakir Hossen | 97 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,670 | 0.9 | −17.9 | ||
Turnout | 181,816 | 76.3 | +3.0 | ||
BNP hold |
Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Ali Asgar Lobi of the BNP was elected unopposed after the Awami League decided not to contest the by-election scheduled for November.[14][15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Khaleda Zia | 91,819 | 57.8 | +10.9 | |
AL | Manjurul Imam | 62,021 | 39.0 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Mohammad Hossain Mukta | 2,282 | 1.4 | N/A | |
IJOF | Ferdous Khan | 1,790 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Tariqul Islam | 697 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Nurul Islam | 207 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Syed Delowar Hossain | 96 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 29,798 | 18.8 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 158,912 | 73.3 | −8.8 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Sheikh Razzak Ali | 65,306 | 46.9 | +2.4 | |
AL | Manjurul Imam | 54,774 | 39.3 | +9.1 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Ansar Uddin | 8,426 | 6.0 | −4.5 | |
JP(E) | Mia Musa Hossain | 7,333 | 5.3 | +3.6 | |
IOJ | Rafiqur Rahman | 3,072 | 2.2 | +0.7 | |
Zaker Party | Nurul Haque | 268 | 0.2 | −0.4 | |
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Ferdous Khan | 106 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,532 | 7.6 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 139,285 | 82.1 | +31.2 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Sheikh Razzak Ali | 41,590 | 44.5 | |||
AL | Manjurul Imam | 28,266 | 30.2 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Shamsur Rahman | 9,856 | 10.5 | |||
Independent | Sk. Abul Kashem | 7,443 | 8.0 | |||
JP(E) | Mia Musa Hossain | 1,581 | 1.7 | |||
IOJ | Ali Ahmed | 1,410 | 1.5 | |||
CPB | M. Firoz Ahmed | 1,405 | 1.5 | |||
Independent | Mukhtar Hussain | 638 | 0.7 | |||
Zaker Party | Kazi Ahmed Hasan | 535 | 0.6 | |||
Independent | A. U. Ahmed | 364 | 0.4 | |||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | Nurul Alam | 196 | 0.2 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shushanta Kumar Nondi | 125 | 0.1 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Ferdous Khan | 77 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Liakat Ali | 33 | 0.0 | |||
Majority | 13,324 | 14.2 | ||||
Turnout | 93,519 | 50.9 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ a b "Khulna-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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.
- ^ "Bangladesh uses EVMs for first time in general election". The Times of India. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Khulna-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. 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.
- ^ "BNP nominees for by-election announced". Gulf News. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 31, 358, 367. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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