Jhenaidah-2

Jhenaidah-2
Jhenaidah constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhenaidah District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	423,555 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
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Jhenaidah-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Harinakunda Upazila and all but four union parishads of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila: Fursandi, Ghorshal, Moharajpur, and Naldanga. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Anwar Zahid	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1988	Ashraful Abedin
	1991	Mashiur Rahman	BNP
	1996	Mashiur Rahman
	2008	Md. Shafiqul Islam	Awami League
	2014	Tahjib Alam Siddique	Independent
	2018		Awami League [1]
	2024	Nasser Shahrear Zahedee Mohul	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-2 ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tahjib Alam Siddique	67,984	56.1	N/A
	AL	Md. Shafiqul Islam	51,244	42.3	−9.3
	BNF	Md. Mominul Islam	1,858	1.5	N/A
Majority			16,740	13.8	+9.2
Turnout			121,086	32.0	−59.4
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Shafiqul Islam	161,062	51.6	+7.4
	BNP	Mashiur Rahaman	146,736	47.1	+2.9
	IAB	Md. Sharafhat Hossain Joarder	3,495	1.1	N/A
	PDP	Md. Mijanur Rahaman	361	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mrs. Rehena Akhter Hira	188	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,326	4.6	−5.6
Turnout			311,842	91.4	+5.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	144,951	54.4	+13.5
	AL	Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui	117,706	44.2	+10.4
	IJOF	Md. Jalal Uddin Ahmmed	3,245	1.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Tahera Begum Jali	206	0.1	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Rezaul Karim	110	0.0	N/A
Majority			27,245	10.2	+3.1
Turnout			266,218	85.7	+1.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	83,967	40.9	−6.4
	AL	Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui	69,353	33.8	+10.2
	JI	Nur Mohammad	41,247	20.1	−1.0
	JP(E)	Md. Mosharraf Hossain Mosa	8,411	4.1	−0.8
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Arif Billah	1,237	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abu Taleb	896	0.4	−1.6
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Tahera Begum Jali	130	0.1	N/A
	FP	Anwarul Karim	41	0.0	−0.1
Majority			14,614	7.1	−16.6
Turnout			205,282	84.4	+18.4
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	76,001	47.3
	AL	Motiar Rahman	37,923	23.6
	JI	Md. Abul Kashem	33,975	21.1
	JP(E)	Ashraful Abedin	7,912	4.9
	Zaker Party	K. M. Zahangir Mazmadar	3,166	2.0
	BKA	Hatem Ali	1,455	0.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shafiur Rahman	169	0.1
	FP	Anwarul Karim	89	0.1
	UCL	Md. Abdul Matin Miah	57	0.0
Majority			38,078	23.7
Turnout			160,747	66.0
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Jhenaidah-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: Jhenaidah" (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. "Jhenaidah-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Jhenaidah-2". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. 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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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