Jessore-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJessore District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate405,871 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Md Towhiduzzaman

Jessore-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md Towhiduzzaman of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chaugachha and Jhikargachha upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui Awami League[4]
1979 Maulana Nurunnabi Samdani Islamic Democratic League[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Maqbool Hossain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[6]
1988 Mir Shahadatur Rahman [7]
1991 Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh Awami League
February 1996 Quazi Munirul Huda Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
June 1996 Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh Awami League
2001 Abu Syed Md. Shahadat Hussain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008 Mostafa Faruk Mohammad Awami League
2014 Mohammad Monirul Islam Awami League
2018 Nasir Uddin Awami League[1]
2024 Md Towhiduzzaman Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jessore-2[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Monirul Islam 91,912 64.7 +11.6
Independent Rafiqul Islam 49,339 34.7 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) BM Selim Reza 883 0.6 N/A
Majority 42,573 30.0 +22.6
Turnout 142,134 39.5 -54.2
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jessore-2[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mostafa Faruk Mohammad 154,875 53.1 +7.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Abu Sayeed Md. Shahadat Hussain 133,244 45.7 N/A
IAB Md. Asaduzzaman 2,519 0.9 N/A
NAP A. T. M. Enamul Haque 763 0.3 N/A
BDB BM Selim Reza 292 0.1 N/A
Majority 21,631 7.4 +1.0
Turnout 291,693 93.7 +4.0
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 2001: Jessore-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Abu Syed Md. Shahadat Hussain 137,717 52.3 +28.5
AL Rafiqul Islam 120,899 45.9 +3.2
Independent Atiur Rahman 2,102 0.8 N/A
IJOF BM Selim Reza 2,095 0.8 N/A
CPB Abul Hossain 469 0.2 N/A
Independent Rezaul Islam 229 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Jahidul Islam 48 0.0 N/A
Majority 16,818 6.4 -7.6
Turnout 263,559 89.7 +1.7
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Jessore-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Rafiqul Islam 86,752 42.7 +4.9
BNP Md. Ishaq 58,405 28.7 +4.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Abu Saeed Md. Shahadat Hossain 48,393 23.8 -4.6
JP(E) BM Selim Reza 4,774 2.3 +1.3
IOJ Saiful Islam 3,352 1.6 N/A
Zaker Party Abul Hossain 844 0.4 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Hasinur Rahman 333 0.2 N/A
Gono Oikkya Front (Gull) Md. Shamsul Haque 186 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) Aysha Akhtar 120 0.1 N/A
Majority 28,347 14.0 +4.6
Turnout 203,159 88.0 +15.8
AL hold
General Election 1991: Jessore-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Rafiqul Islam 62,373 37.8
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Mokbul Hossain 46,854 28.4
BNP Md. Ishaq 40,854 24.7
Independent Md. Shamsul Haq 7,867 4.8
NAP (Muzaffar) Enamul Haq 2,712 1.6
IOJ Shamsul Haq 1,661 1.0
JP(E) Abu Taleb Mohammad Musa 1,641 1.0
Zaker Party Mizanur Rahman Mizan 1,106 0.7
Majority 15,519 9.4
Turnout 165,068 72.2
AL gain from

References

  1. 1 2 "Jashore-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "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. ↑ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Jessore-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "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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