Bagerhat-2

Bagerhat-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bagerhat District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	284,096 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 95 Bagerhat-1 97 Bagerhat-3 →

Bagerhat-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 Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Khulna-2 constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sheikh Abdur Rahman	Jatiya Party[4]
	1988	Sheikh Sahidul Islam	Independent[5]
	1991	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	BNP
	1996	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	Awami League
	2001	MAH Salim	BNP
	2008	Mir Showkat Ali Badsha	Awami League[1]
	2018	Sheikh Tanmoy

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mir Showkat Ali Badsha was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-2^[2]^[7]^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mir Showkat Ali Badsha	103,846	50.8	+9.6
	BNP	M. A. Salam	95,954	46.9	−10.6
	IAB	Md. Jalal Uddin Hawlader	3,470	1.7	N/A
	LDP	Chasi AM Saidur Rahman	1,240	0.6	N/A
Majority			7,892	3.9	−12.4
Turnout			204,510	89.0	+6.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bagerhat-2^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	MAH Salim	103,792	57.5	+22.3
	AL	Sheikh Helal Uddin	74,429	41.2	+2.0
	IJOF	Farid Hasan	1,436	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Moqbul Hossain Sheikh	238	0.1	N/A
	Independent	S. M. A. Mannan	169	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Emadul Haq Munzil	121	0.1	N/A
	CPB	S. M. Rezaul Karim	99	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Arefin Islam	69	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Sheikh Dabir Uddin	57	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Sarbahara Party	Md. Mosarraf Hossain	44	0.0	N/A
Majority			29,363	16.3	+12.2
Turnout			180,454	82.3	+0.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-2^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	57,377	39.2	+2.7
	BNP	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	51,448	35.2	−2.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sheikh Kamrul Alam	26,805	18.3	−3.2
	JP(E)	Sheikh Atiar Rahman	8,450	5.8	+2.5
	IOJ	Md. Muzibur Rahman Juktibadi	1,214	0.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sayad Sirajul Kabir	644	0.4	−0.3
	Independent	M. A. Awal	236	0.2	N/A
	FP	S. M. Abdul Mannan	82	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Fakir Md. Ali Hasan	53	0.0	N/A
Majority			5,929	4.1	+3.0
Turnout			146,309	82.0	+20.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Bagerhat-2^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	48,081	37.7
	AL	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	46,652	36.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mojibur Rahman	27,508	21.5
	JP(E)	Sheikh Abdur Rahman	4,209	3.3
	Zaker Party	Haniful Haq	843	0.7
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Fazlur Rahman	266	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sheik Kamruzzaman	105	0.1
Majority			1,429	1.1
Turnout			127,664	61.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Bagerhat-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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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