Pabna-2
| Pabna-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
 | |
| District | Pabna District |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Electorate | 300,789 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahmed Firoz Kabir of the Awami League.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and the five southernmost union parishads of Bera Upazila: Dhalar Char, Jatsakhni, Masundia, Puran Bharenga, and Ruppur.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Syed Haider Ali | Awami League[4] | |
| 1979 | M. A. Matin | BNP[5] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Mokbul Hossain | Jatiya Party[6][7] | |
| 1991 | Osman Ghani Khan | BNP | |
| Feb 1996 | AKM Salim Reza Habib | ||
| Jun 1996 | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | Awami League | |
| 1998 by-election | Abdul Karim Khandker | ||
| 2001 | AKM Salim Reza Habib | BNP | |
| 2008 | Abdul Karim Khandker | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Azizul Huq Arzu | ||
| 2018 | Ahmed Firoz Kabir | ||
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Azizul Huq Arzu was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | A. K. Khandker | 116,730 | 55.1 | +8.6 | ||
| BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 95,000 | 44.9 | −8.0 | ||
| Majority | 21,730 | 10.3 | +4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 211,730 | 90.1 | +11.7 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 97,704 | 52.9 | +6.0 | ||
| AL | Mirza Abdul Jalil | 86,013 | 46.5 | −1.5 | ||
| IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 1,010 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Masud Ahmed | 125 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 11,691 | 6.3 | +5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 184,852 | 78.4 | −4.3 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 67,250 | 48.0 | +8.5 | ||
| BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 65,745 | 46.9 | −8.4 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Hatem Ali | 3,979 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 2,451 | 1.7 | +1.0 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 424 | 0.3 | −2.1 | ||
| Independent | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 177 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Ferdous Alam Khan | 159 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,505 | 1.1 | −14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 140,185 | 82.7 | +24.1 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Osman Ghani Khan | 67,431 | 55.3 | |||
| AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 48,086 | 39.5 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 2,938 | 2.4 | |||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Ronesh Moitra | 1,050 | 0.9 | |||
| JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 908 | 0.7 | |||
| Independent | Md. Hasan Monjur | 882 | 0.7 | |||
| NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Saudur Rahman | 445 | 0.4 | |||
| NDP | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 100 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 19,345 | 15.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 121,840 | 58.6 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Pabna-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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "By-election Ends Peacefully in Bangladesh". Xinhua News Agency. 10 December 1998.
External links
[edit]- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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