Joypurhat-2

Joypurhat-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Joypurhat District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	307,298 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1982
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon
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Joypurhat-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Akkelpur, Kalai and Khetlal upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1982 from a Bogra constituency when the former Bogra District was split into two districts: Bogra and Joypurhat. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Md. Abdur Razzak Akand	Awami League [5]
	1988	Kazi Rabbi Hasan	Jatiya Party [6]
	1991	Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Golam Mostafa	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon 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: Joypurhat-2 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Golam Mostafa	116,881	50.4	-7.1
	AL	Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon	113,721	49.0	+9.7
	BSD	Md Sha Zaman Talukder	839	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Aziz Molla	687	0.3	N/A
Majority			3,160	1.4	-16.8
Turnout			232,008	92.4	+5.6
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Joypurhat-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman	113,290	57.5	+9.6
	AL	Mir Jalalur Rahman	77,508	39.3	+14.7
	IJOF	Abu Syed Md. Nurulla	5,394	2.7	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Md. Shahjaman Tang	580	0.3	N/A
	JSD	Mu. Zalilur Rahman Zillu	340	0.2	N/A
Majority			35,782	18.2	-5.2
Turnout			197,112	86.8	+3.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Joypurhat-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman	76,857	47.9	+2.6
	AL	Mir Zalalur Rahman	39,267	24.5	-3.5
	JP(E)	Kazi Rabbi Hasan	28,754	17.9	+15.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Kamal Uddin	14,850	9.3	-8.6
	Zaker Party	S. M. Khokon Chowdhury	414	0.3	-0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Tejesh Chandra	313	0.2	N/A
Majority			37,590	23.4	+0.9
Turnout			160,455	83.3	+18.7
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Joypurhat-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman	59,692	50.5
	AL	Md. Abdur Razzak Akand	33,071	28.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Nuruzzaman Sarkar	21,133	17.9
	JP(E)	Kazi Rabbi Hasan	2,355	2.0
	Independent	Kazi Reshadur Rahman	692	0.6
	BNIP	Md. Abul Kasem Mondol	503	0.4
	Zaker Party	S. M. Khokon Chowdhury	466	0.4
	IOJ	Md. Abdul Momen Fakir	263	0.2
	Independent	Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam	107	0.1
Majority			26,621	22.5
Turnout			118,282	64.6
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Joypurhat-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: Joypurhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 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. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. 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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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