Meherpur-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Meherpur District |
Division | Khulna Division |
Electorate | 226,288 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Member(s) | Vacant |
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Meherpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Haque of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Gangni Upazila.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Kushtia constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | Mohammad Nurul Haque | Awami League[5] | |
1988 | Bazlul Huda | [6] | |
1991 | Abdul Gani | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | Mokbul Hossain | Independent | |
2001 | Abdul Gani | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Amzad Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2014 | Mokbul Hossain | Independent | |
2018 | Mohammad Shahiduzzaman | Awami League[1] |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Mokbul Hossain | 46,770 | 55.3 | N/A | ||
AL | MA Khaleque | 36,489 | 43.1 | −6.1 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Abdul Halim | 1,323 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 10,281 | 12.2 | +10.7 | |||
Turnout | 84,582 | 40.6 | −52.5 | |||
Independent gain from BNP |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Amzad Hossain | 86,768 | 50.6 | −4.9 | |
AL | Mokbul Hossain | 84,279 | 49.2 | +6.8 | |
BDB | Amir Uddin Ahmmed | 345 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,489 | 1.5 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 171,392 | 93.1 | +5.0 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Abdul Gani | 86,750 | 55.5 | +27.3 | ||
AL | Mokbul Hossain | 66,322 | 42.4 | +40.9 | ||
IJOF | Md. Mohsin Ali | 3,122 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Abdul Halim | 202 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 20,428 | 13.1 | +3.1 | |||
Turnout | 156,396 | 88.1 | +2.0 | |||
BNP gain from Independent |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Mokbul Hossain | 45,820 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
BNP | Abdul Gani | 33,861 | 28.2 | −3.2 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Kader | 22,590 | 18.8 | −4.6 | ||
FP | Bazlul Huda | 9,987 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Md. Mohsin Ali | 3,431 | 2.9 | −0.5 | ||
WPB | Md. Shohidul Islam | 2,119 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
AL | Hisab Uddin | 1,771 | 1.5 | −28.6 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Afzalul Haque | 334 | 0.3 | −0.6 | ||
Gano Forum | Harun-Ar-Radhid | 108 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 11,959 | 10.0 | +8.8 | |||
Turnout | 120,021 | 86.1 | +12.0 | |||
Independent gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Abdul Gani | 29,649 | 31.4 | |||
AL | Hisab Uddin | 28,474 | 30.1 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Kader | 22,100 | 23.4 | |||
Bangladesh United Communist League | Jalal Uddin | 9,770 | 10.3 | |||
JP(E) | Jalal Uddin | 3,250 | 3.4 | |||
Zaker Party | Afzalul Haque | 811 | 0.9 | |||
Independent | Md. Abul Hussein Molla | 475 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 1,175 | 1.2 | ||||
Turnout | 94,529 | 74.1 | ||||
BNP gain from |
References
- ^ a b "Meherpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 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.
- ^ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Meherpur-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Meherpur-2". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 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.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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