Gopalganj-2

Gopalganj-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gopalganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	311,822 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim
Council area	Gopalganj Sadar Upazila Kashiani Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Gopalganj-1 (Constituency 215)
Next Constituency	Gopalganj-3 (Constituency 217)

Gopalganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Sheikh Fazlul Karim of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gopalganj Sadar Upazila and seven union parishads of Kashiani Upazila: Bethuri, Fukura, Hatiara, Nijamkandi, Oraandi, Puisur, and Singa. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim	Bangladesh Awami League [5]
	1988	Farid Ahmed	Independent [6]
	1991	Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim	Bangladesh Awami League
	Feb 1996	vacant	[7]
	Jun 1996	Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001
	2008
	2014
	2018

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Gopalganj-2 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazlul Karim	237,591	98.3	+2.2
	JP(E)	Kazi Shaheen	4,084	1.7	N/A
Majority			233,507	96.6	+4.5
Turnout			241,675	89.8	+8.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gopalganj-2 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazlul Karim	186,574	96.1	+2.1
	BNP	Md. Shirajul Islam Shiraj	7,643	3.9	-0.2
Majority			178,931	92.1	+2.2
Turnout			194,217	81.1	+0.9
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Gopalganj-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazlul Karim	185,821	94.0	+7.7
	BNP	Sheikh Saifur Rahman Nantu	8,164	4.1	-1.8
	Communist Kendra	Asit Baran Ray	1,042	0.5	N/A
	IJOF	Sheikh Alamgir Hossain	915	0.5	N/A
	JSD	Sahidul Huq	741	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Kazi Mezbah Uddin	678	0.3	0.0
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Monirul Islam	50	0.0	N/A
	Independent	S. M. Nuru Mia	44	0.0	N/A
	Independent	S. M. Faruk Ahmed	29	0.0	N/A
Majority			177,657	89.9	+9.5
Turnout			197,579	80.2	+5.1
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gopalganj-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazlul Karim	115,032	86.3	+10.5
	BNP	Sharufzzaman Jahangir	7,825	5.9	-2.0
	JP(E)	Gazi Abdus Salam	3,975	3.0	+2.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Azmal Hussain	2,445	1.8	N/A
	BKA	Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury	1,925	1.4	-4.6
	Bhasani Front	Asit Baran Roy Khokon	539	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abul Kashem	449	0.3	N/A
	WPB	Sheikh Mohammad Ilias	375	0.3	0.0
	Zaker Party	Md. Shahid Khan	338	0.3	-2.9
	Independent	Hinandra Nath Biswas	164	0.1	N/A
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Sheikh Alamgir Hossain	138	0.1	-0.4
	Independent	Md. Moktar Hossain	70	0.1	N/A
Majority			107,207	80.4	+12.5
Turnout			133,275	75.1	+26.9
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Gopalganj-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazlul Karim	93,015	75.8
	BNP	Fazle Elahi Suruzzaman Miah	9,661	7.9
	BKA	Md. Nazrul Islam	7,342	6.0
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Shishir Bishwas	5,341	4.4
	Zaker Party	Dhirendra Kumar Bakchi	3,927	3.2
	CPB	Md. Abul Kashem	1,425	1.2
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Sheikh Alamgir Hossain	651	0.5
	JP(E)	Farooq	589	0.5
	WPB	Sheikh Mohammad Ilias	408	0.3
	Bangladesh National Hindu Party	Sandip Kumar Bishwas	372	0.3
Majority			83,354	67.9
Turnout			122,731	48.2
	AL gain from

References

1. "Gopalganj-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. জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
8. "Gopalganj-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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. "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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