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Pabna-2

Coordinates: 23°56′N 89°25′E / 23.94°N 89.41°E / 23.94; 89.41
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Pabna-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictPabna District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate300,789 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Ahmed Firoz Kabir

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

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

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1973 Syed Haider Ali Awami League[4]
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 1979 M. A. Matin Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" | 1986 Mokbul Hossain Jatiya Party[6][7]
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 1991 Osman Ghani Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1996 Ahmed Tafiz Uddin Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1998 by-election A. K. Khandker Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 2001 AKM Salim Reza Habib Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 2008 A. K. Khandker Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 2014 Azizul Huq Arzu Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 2018 Ahmed Firoz Kabir Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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

General Election 2008: Pabna-2[2][9][10]
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
General Election 2001: Pabna-2[11]
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

Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. A. K. Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a December by-election.[12]

General Election June 1996: Pabna-2[11]
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
General Election 1991: Pabna-2[11]
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

  1. ^ a b "Pabna-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "By-election Ends Peacefully in Bangladesh". Xinhua News Agency. 10 December 1998.

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