Habiganj-2

Habiganj-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Habiganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	306,981 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant

Habiganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Ajmiriganj and Baniachong upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sirajul Hossain Khan	Jatiya Party[5]
	1988	Sirajul Hossain Khan	Jatiya Party[6]
	1991	Sharif Uddin Ahmed	Awami League
	1996 by-election	Suranjit Sengupta
	2001	Nazmul Hasan Jahed
	2008	Md. Abdul Majid Khan
	2014
	2018
	2024	Moyez Uddin Sharif Ruel

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Habiganj-2^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Majid Khan	1,79,480	74.41	+1.81
	BNP	Maulana Abdul Basit Azad	59,724	24.76	N/A
	JP(E)	Shankar Pal	1987	0.82	−23.08
Majority			1,19,756	49.65	+0.95
Turnout			2,41,191	78.57	N/A
	AL hold

General Election 2014: Habiganj-2^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Majid Khan	65,362	72.6	+12.6
	JP(E)	Shankar Pal	21,556	23.9	+21.6
	Independent	Afsar Ahmed	3,112	3.5	+1.2
Majority			43,803	48.7	+21.7
Turnout			90,033
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Habiganj-2^[2]^[8]^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Majid Khan	122,025	60.0	+28.8
	BNP	A. Am Sakhawat Hasan Jibon	67,059	33.0	+2.0
	Independent	Afsar Ahmed	4,722	2.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Abid Ali Chowdhury	4,665	2.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Abdur Rob Yousufi	3,167	1.6	N/A
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Abdul Awal Chowdhury Waisy	837	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Md. Kamrul Islam Chowdhury	563	0.3	N/A
	KSJL	Monmuhan Debnath	337	0.2	N/A
Majority			54,966	27.0	+26.8
Turnout			203,375	85.0	+13.2
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Habiganj-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nazmul Hasan Jahed	50,361	31.2	−33.4
	BNP	Md. Nurul Amin Chowdhury	50,014	31.0	N/A
	IJOF	Shankar Pal	31,431	19.5	N/A
	Independent	Zakaria Chowdhury	28,320	17.5	N/A
	Independent	Sakhawat Hasan Jibon	453	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Krisna Kanta Sarkar	432	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Syed Delwar Hossain	273	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Akul Chowdhury	197	0.1	N/A
Majority			347	0.2	−29.8
Turnout			161,481	71.8	+7.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

Sharif Uddin Ahmed died in office. Suranjit Sengupta was elected in an October 1996 by-election.

Habiganj-2 by-election, 1996^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	72,925	64.6	+24.6
	JP(E)	Sirajul Hossain Khan	39,032	34.6	+9.4
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	Tofazzal Hossain Chowdhury	776	0.7	N/A
	BKSMA	Krishak Md. Sadeq	237	0.2	N/A
Majority			33,893	30.0	+16.9
Turnout			112,970	64.0	−8.9
	AL hold

General Election June 1996: Habiganj-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sharif Uddin Ahmed	51,369	40.0	−7.4
	BNP	Zakaria Khan Chowdhury	34,530	26.9	−10.7
	JP(E)	Sirajul Hossain Khan	32,361	25.2	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ashraf Uddin	4,919	3.8	−5.4
	IOJ	Md. Tazul Islam	3,289	2.6	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	Md. Tafazzal Hossain Chowdhury	2,087	1.6	N/A
Majority			16,839	13.1	+3.4
Turnout			128,555	72.9	+18.1
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Habiganj-2^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sharif Uddin Ahmed	50,397	47.4
	BNP	Zakaria Khan Chowdhury	40,025	37.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Fazlul Karim	9,769	9.2
	BKA	Sheik Abdur Rahman	5,587	5.3
	JSD	Md. Abdullah	624	0.6
Majority			10,372	9.7
Turnout			106,402	54.8
	AL gain from

References

1. "Habiganj-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. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Habiganj-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "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.
11. "Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 322. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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