Bhola-2

Bhola-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bhola District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	297,221 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 115 Bhola-1 117 Bhola-3 →

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Burhanuddin and Daulatkhan upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Tofail Ahmed	Awami League [4]
	1988	Siddiqur Rahman	Jatiya Party [5]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	BNP
	Feb 1996	Nizam Uddin Ahmed
	Jun 1996	Tofail Ahmed	Awami League
	2001	Hafiz Ibrahim	BNP
	2008	Tofail Ahmed	Awami League
	2014	Ali Azam

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Bhola-2 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ali Azam	156,697	94.8	+38.6
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Salah Uddin	8,561	5.2	N/A
Majority			148,136	89.6	+76.2
Turnout			165,258	65.2	−18.1
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bhola-2 ^{[2] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	103,282	56.2	+17.0
	BJP	Ashikur Rahman	78,730	42.9	−16.8
	BKA	Abu Jafor Kasemi	679	0.4	N/A
	IAB	Md. Yousuf	645	0.4	N/A
	Gano Front	Krisok Md. Sadak	319	0.2	N/A
Majority			24,552	13.4	−7.1
Turnout			183,655	83.3	+32.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bhola-2 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Hafiz Ibrahim	82,927	59.7	+17.6
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	54,437	39.2	−11.5
	IJOF	Md. Jahangir Alam Shikder	513	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Md. Morshed Alam	301	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mostafizur Rahman	263	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Shah Md. Mosleh Uddin	212	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mir Md. Shahabuddin	203	0.2	N/A
Majority			28,490	20.5	+11.9
Turnout			138,856	51.0	−11.2
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bhola-2 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	48,924	50.7
	BNP	Hafiz Ibrahim	40,643	42.1
	JI	Mohammad Faziul Karim	4,562	4.7
	JP(E)	Mohammad Kaikobad Mian	583	0.6
	IOJ	Md. Abdul Karim	551	0.6
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Kari Golam Mostofa	495	0.5
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Salam Uddin	362	0.4
	FP	Mohammad Salah Uddin Talukdar	208	0.2
	Independent	Mir Mohammad Gias Uddin	149	0.2
Majority			8,281	8.6
Turnout			96,477	62.2
	AL gain from BNP

Tofael Ahmed stood for two seats in the 1991 general election: Bhola-1 and Bhola-2. After winning both, he chose to represent the former and quit the latter, triggering a by-election. ^{[10] [11]} Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[12]

General Election 1991: Bhola-2 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	38,626	48.4
	JP(E)	Naziur Rahman Manzur	23,445	29.4
	BNP	Md. Shahidul Haq Chowdhury	8,670	10.9
	JI	Syed Jamal Uddin Zafri	6,546	8.2
	Independent	Md. Siddiq Miah	1,427	1.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sk. Farid	366	0.5
	FP	Yusuf Manager	236	0.3
	Zaker Party	Mahbub Miah	208	0.3
	Independent	Selim	176	0.2
	Independent	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury	107	0.1
Majority			15,181	19.0
Turnout			79,807	30.2
	AL gain from

References

1. "Bhola-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. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "Bhola-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Results Comparison". Amar Desh. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
11. "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2018.
12. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN   0-7546-1628-2.

External links

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

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