Jhenaidah-2

Coordinates: 23°32′N 89°11′E / 23.54°N 89.18°E / 23.54; 89.18
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Jhenaidah-2
Jhenaidah constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJhenaidah District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate423,555 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyIndependent
Member(s)Nasir Shahriar Zahedi Mohul

Jhenaidah-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Nasir Shahriar Zahedi(Mohul), of the Awami League since 2024.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Harinakunda Upazila and all but four union parishads of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila: Fursandi, Ghorshal, Moharajpur, and Naldanga.[2][3]

History[edit]

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.[4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1986 Anwar Zahid Jatiya Party[5]
1988 Ashraful Abedin Jatiya Party[6]
1991 Mashiur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Shafiqul Islam Awami League
2014 Tahjib Alam Siddique Independent
2018 Tahjib Alam Siddique Awami League[1]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-2[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tahjib Alam Siddique 67,984 56.1 N/A
AL Md. Shafiqul Islam 51,244 42.3 -9.3
BNF Md. Mominul Islam 1,858 1.5 N/A
Majority 16,740 13.8 +9.2
Turnout 121,086 32.0 -59.4
Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-2[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Shafiqul Islam 161,062 51.6 +7.4
BNP Mashiur Rahaman 146,736 47.1 +2.9
IAB Md. Sharafhat Hossain Joarder 3,495 1.1 N/A
PDP Md. Mijanur Rahaman 361 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mrs. Rehena Akhter Hira 188 0.1 N/A
Majority 14,326 4.6 -5.6
Turnout 311,842 91.4 +5.7
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 144,951 54.4 +13.5
AL Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui 117,706 44.2 +10.4
IJOF Md. Jalal Uddin Ahmmed 3,245 1.2 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Tahera Begum Jali 206 0.1 N/A
Ganatantri Party Md. Rezaul Karim 110 0.0 N/A
Majority 27,245 10.2 +3.1
Turnout 266,218 85.7 +1.3
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 83,967 40.9 -6.4
AL Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui 69,353 33.8 +10.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Nur Mohammad 41,247 20.1 -1.0
JP(E) Md. Mosharraf Hossain Mosa 8,411 4.1 -0.8
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Arif Billah 1,237 0.6 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Abu Taleb 896 0.4 -1.6
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Tahera Begum Jali 130 0.1 N/A
FP Anwarul Karim 41 0.0 -0.1
Majority 14,614 7.1 -16.6
Turnout 205,282 84.4 +18.4
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 76,001 47.3
AL Motiar Rahman 37,923 23.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abul Kashem 33,975 21.1
JP(E) Ashraful Abedin 7,912 4.9
Zaker Party K. M. Zahangir Mazmadar 3,166 2.0
BKA Hatem Ali 1,455 0.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Shafiur Rahman 169 0.1
FP Anwarul Karim 89 0.1
UCL Md. Abdul Matin Miah 57 0.0
Majority 38,078 23.7
Turnout 160,747 66.0
BNP gain from JP(E)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Jhenaidah-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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: Jhenaidah" (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. ^ "Jhenaidah-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Jhenaidah-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. ^ a b c "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[edit]

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