Faridpur-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Faridpur District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 287,370 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Sahdad Akbar Chowdhury |
Faridpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Nagarkanda and Saltha upazilas, and one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury | 116,498 | 60.5 | +14.6 | ||
BNP | Shama Obaid Islam | 75,726 | 39.3 | −14.0 | ||
CPB | Md. Rafiquzzaman Mia | 377 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 40,772 | 21.2 | +13.8 | |||
Turnout | 192,601 | 89.0 | +10.0 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | KM Obaidur Rahman | 86,450 | 53.3 | +7.1 | |
AL | Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury | 74,474 | 45.9 | +0.2 | |
IJOF | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel | 959 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Joinal Abedin | 194 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Syed Tanvir Hossain | 170 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,976 | 7.4 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 162,247 | 79.0 | +2.2 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | KM Obaidur Rahman | 55,118 | 46.2 | +38.3 | ||
AL | Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury | 54,572 | 45.7 | +7.4 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Atiar Rahman | 4,425 | 3.7 | −8.1 | ||
JP(E) | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel | 2,323 | 1.9 | +1.5 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Golam Rasul Miah | 1,909 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
BKA | Abdul Mannan | 458 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
CPB | Mir Abu Bakar Siddique | 283 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Azam Amir Ali | 278 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 546 | 0.5 | −2.6 | |||
Turnout | 119,366 | 76.8 | +20.2 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury | 37,229 | 38.3 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | KM Obaidur Rahman | 34,210 | 35.2 | |||
Zaker Party | A. K. M. Khairuzzaman | 11,450 | 11.8 | |||
BNP | Abul Hossein Miah | 7,630 | 7.9 | |||
BKA | Abdul Hai Azad | 4,779 | 4.9 | |||
JSD | Abu Sayeed Khan | 873 | 0.9 | |||
Jatiya Ganatantrik Party | Shah Md. Kazi Kobirul Islam Kanchan | 589 | 0.6 | |||
JP(E) | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel | 355 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 3,019 | 3.1 | ||||
Turnout | 97,115 | 56.6 | ||||
AL gain from JP(E) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Faridpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. 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.
External links
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