Sherpur-2

Sherpur-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sherpur District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	349,158 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Matia Chowdhury

Sherpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Matia Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nakla and Nalitabari upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Abdus Salam	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Matia Chowdhury	Awami League
	February 1996	Zahed Ali	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Matia Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Zahed Ali	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Matia Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sherpur-2 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Matia Chowdhury	134,810	78.9	+11.9
	Independent	Badiuzzaman Badsha	35,986	21.1	N/A
Majority			98,824	57.9	+40.4
Turnout			170,796	56.1	-30.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sherpur-2 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Matia Chowdhury	156,973	67.0	+17.2
	BNP	Zahed Ali	75,637	32.3	+7.4
	National People's Party	Mujafor Ahamed	793	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Muhammad Harunr Rashed	717	0.3	N/A
Majority			81,336	34.7	+33.3
Turnout			234,120	86.9	+8.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sherpur-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Zahed Ali	102,545	49.8	+20.3
	AL	Matia Chowdhury	99,661	48.4	+7.4
	KSJL	Md. Shafiqul Islam	2,235	1.1	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Akkas Ali	1,132	0.6	N/A
	CPB	Abu Md. Mazhar	256	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,884	1.4	-10.2
Turnout			205,829	78.3	+4.9
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Matia Chowdhury	63,574	41.0	-0.8
	BNP	Zahed Ali	45,659	29.5	+3.0
	Zaker Party	Abdus Salam	41,456	26.8	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Jalil	4,314	2.8	N/A
Majority			17,915	11.6	0.0
Turnout			155,003	73.4	+18.0
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Sherpur-2 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Matia Chowdhury	47,886	41.8
	Independent	Abdus Salam	34,644	30.2
	BNP	Zahed Ali	30,309	26.5
	FP	Akmal Hossain	831	0.7
	Independent	Md. Akhtaruzzaman Akhter	537	0.5
	BAKSAL	Md. Mostafizur Rahman	353	0.3
Majority			13,242	11.6
Turnout			114,560	55.4
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Sherpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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: Mymensingh" (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. "Sherpur-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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