Khulna-2

Khulna-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Khulna District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	294,116 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 99 Khulna-1 101 Khulna-3 →

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
	1973	Sheikh Abdur Rahman	Awami League[7]
	1979	Abu Saleh Md. Mustafizur Rahman	BNP[8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohammad Mohsin	Jatiya Party[9][10]
	1988	Mia Musa Hossain
	1991	Sheikh Razzak Ali	BNP
	Nov 2001 by-election	Ali Asgar Lobi
	2008	Nazrul Islam Manju
	2014	Mohammad Mizanur Rahman	Awami League[1]
	2018	Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Khulna-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2008: Khulna-2^[2]^[12]^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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]

General Election 2001: Khulna-2^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election June 1996: Khulna-2^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1991: Khulna-2^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1. "Khulna-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "Bangladesh uses EVMs for first time in general election". The Times of India. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
7. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
8. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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11. "Khulna-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "BNP nominees for by-election announced". Gulf News. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
15. "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.
16. "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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