Sunamganj-2
Appearance
Sunamganj-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sunamganj District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 250,721 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Joya Sengupta |
Sunamganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2017 by Joya Sengupta of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Derai and Sullah upazilas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-2 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" | | 1986 | Suranjit Sengupta | Ganatantri Party[5] |
1988 | Golam Jilani Chowdhury | [6] | |
1991 | Suranjit Sengupta | Ganatantri Party | |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | Feb 1996 | Mifta Uddin Chowdhury Rumi | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] |
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" | | Jun 1996 | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 2001 | Suranjit Sengupta | Awami League |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 2017 by-election | Joya Sengupta | Awami League |
Elections
Suranjit Sengupta died in February 2017. Joya Sengupta, his widow, was elected in a March 2017 by-election.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Joya Sengupta | 95,959 | 69.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sayed Ali Mahbub Hossain | 42,156 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 53,803 | 39.0 | +28.8 | ||
Turnout | 138,115 | 54.7 | −33.4 | ||
AL hold |
Suranjit Sengupta was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 95,593 | 55.1 | N/A | |
BNP | Md. Nasir Chowdhury | 77,889 | 44.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 17,704 | 10.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 173,482 | 88.1 | +8.3 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 82,839 | 55.0 | +6.7 | ||
BNP | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 66,558 | 44.2 | +42.7 | ||
IJOF | Sheikh Jahir Ali | 1,185 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 16,281 | 10.8 | +10.4 | |||
Turnout | 150,582 | 79.8 | −3.6 | |||
AL gain from JP(E) |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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JP(E) | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 59,000 | 48.7 | +12.7 | ||
AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,496 | 48.3 | N/A | ||
BNP | Jahir Ahmed | 1,868 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Mannan | 1,104 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
CPB | Probangsu Chowdhury | 560 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Muhitur Rahman Chowdhury | 164 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 504 | 0.4 | −13.8 | |||
Turnout | 121,192 | 83.4 | +20.0 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ganatantri Party | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,580 | 58.4 | ||
JP(E) | Dobirul Islam Chowdhury | 36,067 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | Zahir Ahmed | 3,556 | 3.6 | ||
BNP | Rana Hasan Chowdhury | 1,532 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Motiur Rahman | 328 | 0.3 | ||
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal | Md. Fazlul Haq | 231 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 22,513 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 100,294 | 63.4 | |||
Ganatantri Party gain from |
References
- ^ "Sunamganj-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Joyasen Gupta wins Sunamganj by-polls". Banglanews24.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ 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.
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