Jamalpur-2

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Jamalpur-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJamalpur District
DivisionMymensingh Division
Electorate221,186 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1978

Jamalpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .Since 6 August 2024, The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Islampur Upazila.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1978 from the Mymensingh-2 constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into two districts: Jamalpur and Mymensingh.[4]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[5] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[6]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included two union parishads of Melandaha Upazila: Mahmudpur and Shaympur.[3][7]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1979 Rashed Mosharraf Awami League
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Rashed Mosharraf Awami League[8]
1988 Ashraf Ud-Doullah Pahloan Jatiya Party[9]
1991 Rashed Mosharraf Awami League
Feb 1996 Sultan Mahmud Babu BNP
Jun 1996 Rashed Mosharraf Awami League
2001 Sultan Mahmud Babu BNP
2008 Faridul Haq Khan Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jamalpur-2[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL M. Faridul Haq Khan 112,809 97.1 +36.2
Independent Md. Atikur Rahman 3,380 2.9 N/A
Majority 109,429 94.2 +68.3
Turnout 116,189 59.4 −28.2
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jamalpur-2[2][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL M. Faridul Haq Khan 108,847 60.9 +22.9
BNP Sultan Mahmud Babu 62,635 35.1 −26.1
Independent Md. Javed Mosharaf 4,020 2.3 N/A
CPB Manjurul Ahsan Khan 3,094 1.7 +0.9
Majority 46,212 25.9 +2.7
Turnout 178,596 87.6 +21.0
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Jamalpur-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Sultan Mahmud Babu 80,314 61.2 +23.3
AL Rashed Mosharraf 49,865 38 −5.6
CPB Md. Aslam Khan 1,032 0.8 −6.5
Majority 30,449 23.2 +17.5
Turnout 131,211 66.6 −0.9
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Jamalpur-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Rashed Mosharraf 41,816 43.6 +2.0
BNP Sultan Mahmud Babu 36,344 37.9 +0.7
JI Samiul Haque Faruki 7,088 7.4 −10.4
CPB Manjurul Ahsan Khan 6,992 7.3 N/A
JP(E) Qamruzzaman Pahloan 3,555 3.7 +1.2
Zaker Party S. M. Abdul Mannan 223 0.2 0.0
Majority 5,472 5.7 +1.3
Turnout 96,018 67.5 +20.7
AL hold
General Election 1991: Jamalpur-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Rashed Mosharraf 33,919 41.6
BNP Sultan Mahmud Babu 30,358 37.2
JI Samiul Haq 14,487 17.8
JP(E) Ashraf Ud-Doullah Pahloan 1,998 2.5
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Solaiman Sarkar 355 0.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD A. Razzak 224 0.3
Zaker Party Khan Golam Baset 173 0.2
Majority 3,561 4.4
Turnout 81,514 46.8
AL gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ^ "Jamalpur-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. ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Project Completion Report on Bangladesh Second Foodarain Storafe Proiect". World Bank. 17 February 1988.
  5. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  6. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  7. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  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. ^ "Jamalpur-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  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. ^ 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.

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