Sirajganj-2

Sirajganj-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sirajganj District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	351,121 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 62 Sirajganj-1 63 Sirajganj-3 →

Sirajganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Dr.Jannat Ara Henry of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kamarkhanda Upazila, Sirajganj Municipality, and five union parishads of Sirajganj Sadar Upazila: Kalia Haripur, Kaoakola, Khoksabari, Saidabad, and Shialkul. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts: Sirajganj and Pabna. ^[3]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing one union parishad of Sirajganj Sadar Upazila: Bahuli. ^{[6] [2] [7]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1991	Mirza Muraduzzaman	BNP
	1996	Mohammed Nasim	Awami League
	2001	Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku	BNP
	2008	Rumana Mahmood
	2014	Md. Habibe Millat	Awami League
	2024	Jannat Ara Henry

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Md. Habibe Millat was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sirajganj-2 ^{[6] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Rumana Mahmood	128,432	47.9	−7.2
	AL	Jannat Ara Henry	126,311	47.2	+3.7
	BJP	M. A. Motin	5,718	2.1	N/A
	JP(E)	Aminul Islam Jhantu	2,981	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Masudur Rahman	1,978	0.7	N/A
	BSD	Abu Bakar Bhuiyan	926	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Md. Ismail Hossain	580	0.2	N/A
	IAB	Md. Ziaul Haque	389	0.1	N/A
	United Citizen Movement	Monjur Alam	305	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Aziz Talukder	243	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,121	0.8	−10.8
Turnout			267,863	87.7	+10.6
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Sirajganj-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku	138,640	55.1	+25.4
	AL	Mohammed Nasim	109,482	43.5	+4.9
	IJOF	Md. Lutfar Rahman	2,654	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Salim	534	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Abu Bakar Bhuiyan	499	0.2	N/A
Majority			29,158	11.6	+2.7
Turnout			251,809	77.1	−2.7
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sirajganj-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammed Nasim	68,598	38.6	+8.9
	BNP	AKM Samsul Alamin	52,709	29.7	−11.2
	JP(E)	Abdul Motin	32,515	18.3	+16.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Latif	22,795	12.8	−10.9
	Zaker Party	Amin Koraishee	431	0.2	−0.2
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Abu Bakar Bhuiyan	407	0.2	N/A
	FP	Md. Azizur Rahman Shudagar	182	0.1	N/A
Majority			15,889	8.9	−2.4
Turnout			177,637	79.8	+23.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sirajganj-2 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mirza Muraduzzaman	58,437	40.9
	AL	Motahar Hossain Tang	42,376	29.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Aziz Azad	33,881	23.7
	JSD	Abdul Hai Tang	3,356	2.4
	JP(E)	Abul Hasnat Gofran	2,894	2.0
	BKA	Abdul Mannan	920	0.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazrul Islam	515	0.4
	Independent	Shahjahan Ali	347	0.2
Majority			16,061	11.3
Turnout			142,726	55.9
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Sirajganj-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
3. "District Statistics 2011: Pabna" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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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