Sunamganj-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sunamganj District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 250,721 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Independent politician (2024-) |
Member(s) | Joya Sengupta |
Sunamganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Joya Sengupta, elected as Independent politician in 2024.
The constituency encompasses Derai and Sullah upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-2 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. [4]
Suranjit Sengupta died in February 2017. Joya Sengupta, his widow, was elected in a March 2017 by-election. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Joya Sengupta | 95,959 | 69.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sayed Ali Mahbub Hossain | 42,156 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 53,803 | 39.0 | +28.8 | ||
Turnout | 138,115 | 54.7 | −33.4 | ||
AL hold |
Suranjit Sengupta was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 95,593 | 55.1 | N/A | |
BNP | Md. Nasir Chowdhury | 77,889 | 44.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 17,704 | 10.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 173,482 | 88.1 | +8.3 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 82,839 | 55.0 | +6.7 | ||
BNP | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 66,558 | 44.2 | +42.7 | ||
IJOF | Sheikh Jahir Ali | 1,185 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 16,281 | 10.8 | +10.4 | |||
Turnout | 150,582 | 79.8 | −3.6 | |||
AL gain from JP(E) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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JP(E) | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 59,000 | 48.7 | +12.7 | ||
AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,496 | 48.3 | N/A | ||
BNP | Jahir Ahmed | 1,868 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Mannan | 1,104 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
CPB | Probangsu Chowdhury | 560 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Muhitur Rahman Chowdhury | 164 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 504 | 0.4 | −13.8 | |||
Turnout | 121,192 | 83.4 | +20.0 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ganatantri Party | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,580 | 58.4 | ||
JP(E) | Dobirul Islam Chowdhury | 36,067 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | Zahir Ahmed | 3,556 | 3.6 | ||
BNP | Rana Hasan Chowdhury | 1,532 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Motiur Rahman | 328 | 0.3 | ||
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal | Md. Fazlul Haq | 231 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 22,513 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 100,294 | 63.4 | |||
Ganatantri Party gain from |
Suranjit Sengupta was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh. He was the member of parliament from Sunamganj-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad and a member of the party's advisory council. He was the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry.
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