Chittagong-2

Chittagong-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	376,485 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Fatikchhari Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-1 (Constituency 278)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-3 (Constituency 280)

Chittagong-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency in Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Fatikchhari Upazila. ^{[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

Key

  AL   BNP   BTF   JP(E)

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi	Awami League [6]
	1979	L. K. Siddiqi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
	1986	Ainul Kamal	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1991	L. K. Siddiqi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	ABM Abul Kashem	Awami League
	2001	L. K. Siddiqi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
	2014	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	Grand Alliance
	2018	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	Grand Alliance
	2024	Khadizatul Anwar	Bangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-2 ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BTF	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	125,351	90.5	N/A
	Independent	Mahmud Hasan	12,433	9.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nazim Uddin	731	0.5	N/A
Majority			112,918	81.5	+72.2
Turnout			138,515	42.5	−42.6
	BTF gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-2 ^{[2] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	129,333	58.1	+8.8
	AL	ATM Pearul Islam	92,266	41.4	+7.8
	Gano Forum	Md. Liakat Ali Chowdhury	1,098	0.5	N/A
Majority			37,067	9.3	−6.4
Turnout			222,697	85.1	+8.7
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Chittagong-2 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	L. K. Siddiqi	67,512	49.3	+8.1
	AL	ABM Abul Kashem	46,045	33.6	−9.9
	Independent	Md. Nurul Mostafa Kamal Chowdhury	16,424	12.0	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Didarul Kabir	4,971	3.6	N/A
	BIF	Abul Asad Mohammad Jobair	1,505	1.1	+0.6
	CPB	Md. Masiuddowla	231	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Mir Md. Nowshad Uddin	126	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Saiful Akter	105	0.1	N/A
Majority			21,467	15.7	+13.4
Turnout			136,919	76.4	−0.2
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-2 ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ABM Abul Kashem	45,478	43.5	+7.5
	BNP	L. K. Siddiqi	43,121	41.2	−4.6
	JP(E)	Md. Didarul Kabir	7,602	7.3	+3.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Shafiqul Moulah	7,488	7.2	−3.4
	BIF	Md. Musa Al Kaderi	574	0.5	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Khairul Islam Chowdhury	159	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Fakhrul Uddin Chowhury	121	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Nurul Alam Chowdhury	92	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,357	2.3	−7.6
Turnout			104,635	76.6	+18.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Chittagong-2 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	L. K. Siddiqi	36,855	45.8
	AL	ABM Abul Kashem	28,928	36.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Shafiqul Moulah	8,549	10.6
	JP(E)	Fazlul Kader	3,396	4.2
	Independent	Kazi Khairul Alam	2,289	2.8
	BAKSAL	Nur Ahmed	168	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Gazi Md. Sekandar	130	0.2
	Jatiya Biplobi Front	Fazlul Kader	79	0.1
Majority			7,927	9.9
Turnout			80,394	58.2
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

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

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