Gazipur-2

Gazipur-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gazipur District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	745,734 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Zahid Ahsan Russell

Gazipur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2004 by Zahid Ahsan Russell of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gazipur City Corporation wards 19 through 39 and 43 through 57, and Gazipur Cantonment. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[3] The 2008 redistricting added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-2. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	M. A. Mannan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Ahsanullah Master	Awami League
	2004 by-election	Zahid Ahsan Russell

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Zahid Ahsan Russell was re-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: Gazipur-2 ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zahid Ahsan Russell	264,710	64.3
	BNP	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	139,278	33.8
	IAB	Kazi Md. Shakhowat Ullah	3,849	0.9
	LDP	Nazim Uddin Ahmed	1,281	0.3
	CPB	Ziaul Kabir	1,016	0.2
	BTF	Syed Abu Daoud Mosnabi Haidar	899	0.2
	KSJL	Sheikh Md. Masudul Alam	246	0.1
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Mufti Nasir Uddin Khan	225	0.1
	BSD	Md. Abdul Kaiyum	189	0.0
Majority			125,432	30.5
Turnout			411,693	78.1
	AL hold

Ahsanullah Master was assassinated on 7 May 2004. ^[11] Zahid Ahsan Russell, his eldest son, was elected in an August by-election. ^[12]

General Election 2001: Gazipur-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ahsanullah Master	159,125	42.7	+5.7
	Independent	M. A. Mannan	87,691	23.5	N/A
	BNP	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	85,781	23.0	−7.9
	IJOF	Kazi Mahmud Hasan	38,200	10.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Md. Usman Ali	1,355	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Rafiqul Islam	280	0.1	0.0
	KSJL	Md. Masudul Alam	269	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Sheikh A. Majid	250	0.1	N/A
Majority			71,434	19.2	+18.6
Turnout			372,951	69.0	−6.9
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ahsanullah Master	94,732	37.0	0.0
	BNP	M. A. Mannan	79,168	30.9	−23.5
	JP(E)	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	71,528	27.9	+24.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abul Hasem	5,543	2.2	+0.5
	IOJ	Md. Nur Hossain Nurani	1,343	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Hafiz Uddin Sarkar	1,175	0.5	−0.8
	Independent	Md. Shahajuddin Sarkar	692	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Osman Ali	538	0.2	−0.7
	Independent	Abu Bakar Siddique	378	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Md. Ramjan Ali	291	0.1	−0.2
	Gano Forum	Samsunnahar Bhuiyan	263	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury	230	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Saru Mian	91	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ataur Rahman	82	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Nasir Uddin Sarkar	71	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Laiz Uddin Molla	62	0.0	N/A
Majority			15,564	0.6	−16.8
Turnout			256,187	75.9	+14.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Gazipur-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. A. Mannan	97,597	54.4
	AL	AKM Mojammel Haq	66,418	37.0
	JP(E)	Feroz Khah	6,444	3.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Sadek Md. Najibullah	3,098	1.7
	Zaker Party	Hafiz Uddin Sarkar	2,404	1.3
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Osman Ali	1,675	0.9
	WPB	Nurul Anwar	769	0.4
	JSD	Azmat Ali	583	0.3
	BKA	Shihab Uddin	563	0.3
Majority			31,179	17.4
Turnout			179,551	61.8
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Gazipur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "Top Bangladeshi politician killed". BBC News. 7 May 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
12. "AL sweeps peaceful Gazipur by-polls". The Daily Star. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
13. "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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