Meherpur-2

Meherpur-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Meherpur District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	226,288 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Haque

Meherpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Huq of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gangni Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Kushtia constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mohammad Nurul Haque	Awami League [5]
	1988	Bazlul Huda	[6]
	1991	Abdul Gani	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Mokbul Hossain	Independent
	2001	Abdul Gani	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Amzad Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Mokbul Hossain	Independent
	2018	Mohammad Shahiduzzaman	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mokbul Hossain	46,770	55.3	N/A
	AL	MA Khaleque	36,489	43.1	-6.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abdul Halim	1,323	1.6	N/A
Majority			10,281	12.2	+10.7
Turnout			84,582	40.6	-52.5
	Independent gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Amzad Hossain	86,768	50.6	-4.9
	AL	Mokbul Hossain	84,279	49.2	+6.8
	BDB	Amir Uddin Ahmmed	345	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,489	1.5	-11.6
Turnout			171,392	93.1	+5.0
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Meherpur-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Gani	86,750	55.5	+27.3
	AL	Mokbul Hossain	66,322	42.4	+40.9
	IJOF	Md. Mohsin Ali	3,122	2.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abdul Halim	202	0.1	N/A
Majority			20,428	13.1	+3.1
Turnout			156,396	88.1	+2.0
	BNP gain from Independent

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mokbul Hossain	45,820	38.2	N/A
	BNP	Abdul Gani	33,861	28.2	-3.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Kader	22,590	18.8	-4.6
	FP	Bazlul Huda	9,987	8.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Mohsin Ali	3,431	2.9	-0.5
	WPB	Md. Shohidul Islam	2,119	1.8	N/A
	AL	Hisab Uddin	1,771	1.5	-28.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Afzalul Haque	334	0.3	-0.6
	Gano Forum	Harun-Ar-Radhid	108	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,959	10.0	+8.8
Turnout			120,021	86.1	+12.0
	Independent gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Meherpur-2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Gani	29,649	31.4
	AL	Hisab Uddin	28,474	30.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Kader	22,100	23.4
	Bangladesh United Communist League	Jalal Uddin	9,770	10.3
	JP(E)	Jalal Uddin	3,250	3.4
	Zaker Party	Afzalul Haque	811	0.9
	Independent	Md. Abul Hussein Molla	475	0.5
Majority			1,175	1.2
Turnout			94,529	74.1
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Meherpur-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. Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN   978-0-8108-8024-5.
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. "Meherpur-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Meherpur-2". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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