Comilla-2

Cumilla-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Cumilla District
Division	Chattogram Division
Electorate	290,027 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Cumilla-1 (Constituency 249)
Next Constituency	Cumilla-3 (Constituency 251)

Cumilla-2 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Homna and Titas 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	Taher Uddin Thakur	Awami League [6]
	1979	Md. Faridul Huda	BNP [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdur Rashid	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1991	Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain	BNP
	June 1996
	2001
	2008	M. K. Anwar
	2014	Mohammed Amir Hossain	Jatiya Party
	2018	Selima Ahmad	Awami League [1]
	2024	Abdul Majid	(Independent)Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mohammed Amir Hossain was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. K. Anwar	94,105	53.7	−7.1
	AL	Md. Abdul Majid	76,666	43.8	+18.0
	IAB	Rafiqul Islam	1,807	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Monowar Hossain	1,802	1.0	N/A
	PDP	Md. Golam Mostafa	811	0.5	N/A
Majority			17,439	10.0	−25.0
Turnout			175,191	83.4	+21.2
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Cumilla-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain	128,680	60.8	+16.8
	AL	Hasan Jamil Sattar	54,651	25.8	+15.2
	Independent	Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan	25,012	11.8	N/A
	IJOF	Jahed Al Mahmud	2,336	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shahid Ullah Sarkar	462	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Ayesha Begum	341	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Sohel Sarkar	248	0.1	N/A
Majority			74,029	35.0	+32.0
Turnout			211,730	62.2	−5.4
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain	69,175	44.0	−13.7
	JP(E)	Hasan Jamil Sattar	64,461	41.0	+39.5
	AL	Abdur Rashid	16,712	10.6	−2.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A.B.M.A. Momin Sarkar	4,461	2.8	−2.6
	IOJ	Rafiqul Islam	1,605	1.0	N/A
	Independent	S. A. Hashem	430	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mohsin Bhuiyan	393	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,714	3.0	−42.0
Turnout			157,237	67.6	+26.6
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Cumilla-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain	57,706	57.7
	AL	Badal Kumar Roy	12,699	12.7
	Independent	Abdur Rashid	12,076	12.1
	Zaker Party	Md. Tofazzal Hossain	6,037	6.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. A. Latif	5,413	5.4
	Independent	Kh. Mohiuddin	3,076	3.1
	JP(E)	Matiur Rahman	1,524	1.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Milan	876	0.9
	FP	A. Latif Shikder	543	0.5
Majority			45,007	45.0
Turnout			99,950	41.0
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Cumilla-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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. 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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