Cox's Bazar-2

For other uses, see Cox's Bazar (disambiguation).

Cox's Bazar-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Cox's Bazar District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	296,177 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Asheq Ullah Rafiq
Prev. Constituency	Cox's Bazar-1 (Constituency 294)
Next Constituency	Cox's Bazar-3 (Constituency 296)

Cox's Bazar-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Asheq Ullah Rafiq of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kutubdia and Maheshkhali upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Jahirul Islam	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Md. Ishak	BAKSAL
	February 1996	ATM Nurul Bashar Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2014	Asheq Ullah Rafiq	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Asheq Ullah Rafiq was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-2 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad	104,271	53.9	N/A
	AL	Ansarul Karim	86,944	45.0	+12.9
	IOJ	Mohammad Solaiman	1,335	0.7	N/A
	Gano Front	Golam Mowla	467	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mohammad Elias	340	0.2	N/A
Majority			17,327	9.0	-26.5
Turnout			193,357	85.6	+13.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid	103,503	67.6	+26.8
	AL	Faridul Islam Chowdhury	49,190	32.1	+2.3
	Independent	A. N. M. Shahid Uddin	426	0.3	N/A
Majority			54,313	35.5	+24.5
Turnout			153,119	71.7	+1.8
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid	44,445	40.8	+15.7
	AL	Sirajul Mostafa	32,443	29.8	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Master Shafiullah Kutubi	21,859	20.0	-8.5
	JP(E)	Jahirul Islam	5,793	5.3	-0.1
	IOJ	Moulana Amjad Ali	3,683	3.4	N/A
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Shamim Ara Dulan	604	0.6	N/A
	Gano Forum	A. K. M. Faijul Karim	198	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,002	11.0	+8.1
Turnout			109,025	69.9	+21.7
	BNP gain from BAKSAL

General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAKSAL	Md. Ishak B A	25,727	31.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shafi Ullah	23,345	28.5
	BNP	Md. Rashid	20,563	25.1
	BIF	Md. Shafiqul Alam	5,747	7.0
	JP(E)	Shaker Ullah	4,461	5.4
	NDP	Mostak Ahmed Chowdhury	1,862	2.3
	Independent	Sirajul Mostafa	101	0.1
	Independent	Md. Nur Boks	100	0.1
Majority			2,382	2.9
Turnout			81,906	48.2
	BAKSAL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Cox's Bazar-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. "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "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.

External links

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

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