Rajshahi-2
Rajshahi-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Rajshahi District |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate | 317,852 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Independent |
Member(s) | Shafiqur Rahman Badsha |
Rajshahi-2 is a constituency represented in the
Shafikur Rahman Badsha.[2]
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Rajshahi City Corporation.[3][4]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the
2001 Bangladesh census.[5] The 2008 redistricting reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included Paba Upazila.[6][7]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Khalid Ali Mia | Awami League[8] | |
1979 | Syed Manzur Hossain
|
Bangladesh Nationalist Party[9] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mesbah Uddin Ahmed | Jatiya Party[10][11] | |
1991 | Kabir Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2001 | Mizanur Rahman Minu | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Fazle Hossain Badsha | Workers Party of Bangladesh | |
2014 | |||
2018 |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Symbol | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Scissors | Md. Shafiqur Rahman Badsha | 55,156 | 60.99 | N/A | |
WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 31,460 | 34.79 | 17.32 | |
JaPa(E) | Plough | Saiful Islam Swapan | 1,816 | 2.01 | 1.92 | |
JaSaD(I) | Torch | Abdullah Al Masud Siddiqui Shibli | 1,062 | 1.17 | N/A | |
Congress | Green coconut | Md. Maruf Shahriar | 409 | 0.45 | N/A | |
Muktijote | Walking cane | Yasir Alif Bin Habib | 310 | 0.34 | N/A | |
BNM | Anchor | Md. Kamrul Islam Masud | 228 | 0.25 | N/A | |
Valid votes | 90,441 | 96.53 | ||||
Invalid votes | 3,253 | 3.47 | ||||
Total votes | 93,694 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 352,775 | 26.56 | 43.90 | |||
Majority | 23,696 | 26.20 | N/A | |||
Independent gain from WPB | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Symbol | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 115,453 | 52.11 | N/A | |
BNP | Sheaf of paddy | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 103,327 | 46.64 | N/A | |
IAB | Hand fan | Md. Foysal Hossain Moni | 2,129 | 0.96 | N/A | |
CPB | Sickle | Md. Enamul Haque | 453 | 0.20 | N/A | |
NPP(S) | Mango | Saiful Islam Swapan | 207 | 0.09 | N/A | |
Valid votes | 221,569 | 98.93 | ||||
Invalid votes | 2,405 | 1.07 | ||||
Total votes | 223,974 | 100.0 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 317,852 | 70.46 | N/A | |||
Majority | 12,126 | 5.47 | N/A | |||
WPB hold | Swing |
Fazle Hossain Badsha was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[13]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 1,16,599 | 56.4 | +52.5 | ||
BNP | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 89,050 | 43.1 | -16.5 | ||
CPB | Md. Enamul Haque | 476 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
IAB | Sayeed Mahmud Ilyas | 408 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BDB | Akhtaruzzaman Bablu | 225 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 27,549 | 13.3 | -13.7 | |||
Turnout | 206,758 | 79.9 | -1.6 | |||
WPB gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 1,76,405 | 59.6 | +15.6 | |
AL | A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton | 96,604 | 32.6 | +1.9 | |
WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 11,490 | 3.9 | +2.3 | |
IJOF | Mostaq Ahmed | 10,676 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Md. Jalal Uddin | 661 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Shahabuddin Bachchu | 270 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 79,801 | 27.0 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 296,106 | 81.5 | -2.6 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Kabir Hossain | 108,471 | 44.0 | +0.6 | |
AL
|
A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton | 75,803 | 30.7 | +17.8 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Ataur Rahman | 41,774 | 16.9 | -4.6 | |
JP(E) | Md. A. Matin Khan | 13,747 | 5.6 | +4.0 | |
WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 3,838 | 1.6 | N/A | |
IOJ | Md. Abdus Samad | 1,169 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
|
Md. Khairul Alam | 827 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Md. Anisur Rahman | 345 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |
BKA | Wali Uallah Dewan | 296 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | Begum Rokeya Firoj | 291 | 0.1 | N/A | |
FP | Md. Abu Masud | 45 | 0.0 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 32,668 | 13.2 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 246,606 | 84.1 | +9.8 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Kabir Hossain | 81,014 | 43.4 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Ataur Rahman | 40,141 | 21.5 | |||
UCL | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 34,267 | 18.4 | |||
AL
|
A E M Mahbub Uz Zaman Bhulu | 24,047 | 12.9 | |||
JP(E) | Badiuzzaman | 2,967 | 1.6 | |||
Independent
|
Md. Khondakar Zoinal Abedin | 1,628 | 0.9 | |||
Peoples Democratic Party | Md. Mojibar Rahman | 879 | 0.5 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Sharif Uddin | 607 | 0.3 | |||
Independent
|
Md. Zalal Uddin | 330 | 0.2 | |||
FP | Abul Hasnat Md. Shamsul Haq Shamrat | 322 | 0.2 | |||
Independent
|
Mohammad Ali | 202 | 0.1 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Md. Aminul Islam | 200 | 0.1 | |||
Jatiya Oikkya Front | Md. Abdul Bari | 85 | 0.0 | |||
Majority | 40,873 | 21.9 | ||||
Turnout | 186,689 | 74.3 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ "Rajshahi-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "রাজশাহী-২, আসন নং: ৫৩".
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi". The Daily Star. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ 11th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 1-100, Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka (20 June 2019)
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ 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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