Dhaka-2

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Dhaka-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Dhaka District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate494,346 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

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

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 55 through 57; one union parishad of Kamrangirchar and Hazaribagh thanas: Sultanganj; seven union parishads of Keraniganj Upazila: Basta, Hazratpur, Kalatia, Kalindi, Ruhitpur, Sakta, and Taranagar; and three union parishads of Savar Upazila: Amin Bazar, Bhakurta, and Tetuljhora. [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

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Moslem Uddin Khan Awami League [6]
1979 Abdul Halim Chowdhury BNP [7]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Burhan Uddin Khan Awami League [8]
1988 Jatiya Party [9]
1991 Abdul Mannan BNP
2008 Qamrul Islam Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Qamrul Islam was re-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: Dhaka-2 [2] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Qamrul Islam 180,17257.0+8.3
BNP Md. Matiur Rahman124,60039.4−11.1
IAB Ruhul Amin4,8311.5N/A
BTF Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary 2,0170.6N/A
Zaker PartyMd. Josim Uddin1,9710.6N/A
BKA Md. Habibullah1,7870.6N/A
BDB Fazlul Haque3520.1N/A
Gano FrontHammed Ali Sheikh2480.1N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan PartyMd. Mubinul Haque1870.1N/A
Majority 55,57217.6+15.8
Turnout 316,16583.6+5.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Dhaka-2 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 70,95850.5+3.5
AL Mohammad Noor Ali68,41448.7+17.0
IJOF M. R. Haroon9060.6N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Matiur Rahman2110.2N/A
Majority 2,5441.8−13.4
Turnout 140,48978.5−1.1
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-2 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 50,81847.0+5.2
AL A. Baten Mian34,34431.7N/A
JP(E) A. K. M. Abdul Halim20,49218.9+4.6
JI Minhaz Uddin1,5651.4N/A
Zaker PartyMd. Kazi Ferdous5030.5−1.9
WPB Khandokar Ali Abbas2210.2N/A
Gano Forum Nur Mohammed Sharifi1530.1N/A
Independent Sudhir Kumar Hazra620.1N/A
Independent Dewan Kamal Anwar260.0N/A
Majority 16,47415.2+5.6
Turnout 108,18479.6+22.2
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Dhaka-2 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 37,41541.8
BAKSAL Azizur Rahman28,82032.2
JP(E) Sudhir Kumar Hazra12,77814.3
UCL Siraj Uddin Ahmed7,2848.1
Zaker PartyArshed Gazi2,1352.4
Independent Dewan Mintu4290.5
Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti DalSiraj Uddin3020.3
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Nazirul Islam1820.2
Independent Abu Md. Subid Ali610.1
Majority 8,5959.6
Turnout 89,40657.4
BNP gain from AL

References

  1. "Dhaka-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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). 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 17 February 2018. 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. 1 2 3 "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.

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