Barisal-2

Barisal-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Barisal District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	302,644 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Rashed Khan Menon

Barisal-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rashed Khan Menon of the Workers Party of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Banaripara and Wazirpur upazilas. ^{[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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Nazrul Islam	Awami League [6] [7]
	1986	Syed Azizul Haque	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1991	Rashed Khan Menon	Workers Party of Bangladesh
	February 1996	Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Golam Faruque Ovi	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Manirul Islam	Awami League
	2014	Talukder Yunus	Awami League
	2018	Shah-e-Alam	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Barisal-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Yunus	134,878	93.8	+42.5
	JP(E)	Md. Nasiruddin Nasim Hawlader	5,088	3.5	N/A
	Independent	Sabina Aktar	3,879	2.7	N/A
Majority			129,790	90.2	+84.0
Turnout			143,845	55.6	-30.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-2 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Manirul Islam	100,002	51.3	+22.9
	BNP	Sardar Sarfuddin Ahmed	87,976	45.1	+7.1
	Independent	Sayed Shahidul Hoque Jamal	3,362	1.7	N/A
	Zaker Party	Nur Mohammad Howlader	1,988	1.0	N/A
	BDB	Sayma Jalil	620	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Ranzit Kumar Baray	516	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Albart Baray	378	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Abdul Haque	127	0.1	N/A
Majority			12,026	6.2	-3.4
Turnout			194,969	86.4	-21.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Barisal-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal	60,164	38.0	+11.5
	AL	Abul Hasanat Abdullah	44,919	28.4	+7.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Golam Faruque Ovi	30,511	19.3	N/A
	IJOF	Golam Kibria Tipu	14,491	9.1	N/A
	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon	8,353	5.3	-6.5
Majority			15,245	9.6	+8.2
Turnout			158,438	64.8	-4.6
	BNP gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Barisal-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Golam Faruque Ovi	33,556	28.0	+9.9
	BNP	Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal	31,844	26.5	+14.3
	AL	Syed Moinul Haque	25,403	21.2	-4.0
	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon	14,124	11.8	-21.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Bazlur Rashid	5,268	4.4	-5.2
	Independent	Sarder Sarfuddin Ahamed	3,359	2.8	N/A
	IOJ	Abdul Malek Sarder	2,418	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Shah Kashruzzaman	2,135	1.8	N/A
	Independent	Golam Kibria Tipu	1,733	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Alim Khan	195	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,712	1.4	-6.4
Turnout			120,035	69.4	+23.6
	JP(E) gain from WPB

General Election 1991: Barisal-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon	36,311	33.0
	AL	Haranath Bain	27,697	25.2
	JP(E)	Golam Kibria	19,876	18.1
	BNP	M. A. Rahman Mallik	13,465	12.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Bazlur Rashid	10,577	9.6
	Independent	Khairul Alam Hang.	1,499	1.4
	NDP	Md. Delwar Hossain	408	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mujibur Rahman Kabiraz	148	0.1
Majority			8,614	7.8
Turnout			109,981	45.8
	WPB gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Barishal-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. 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. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "Barisal-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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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