Sylhet-2
Sylhet-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 283,523 (2014)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Member(s) | Yahya Chowdhury |
Sylhet-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Yahya Chowdhury of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bishwanath and Osmani Nagar upazilas.[2]
History
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.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]
Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included three union parishads of Balaganj Upazila: Dewan Bazar, Paschim Gauripur, and Purba Gauripur, but did not include Osmani Nagar Upazila.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Abdus Samad Azad | Awami League[7] | |
1979 | Suranjit Sengupta | Jatiya Ekata Party[8] | |
1986 | Enamul Haque Chowdhury | Jatiya Party[9] | |
1988 | Mohsud Ebne Aziz Lama | Jatiya Party[10] | |
1996 | Shah Azizur Rahman | Awami League | |
2001 | Ilias Ali | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury | Awami League | |
2014 | Yahya Chowdhury | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jatiya Party (E) | Yahya Chowdhury | 48,157 | 73.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Muhibur Rahman | 17,389 | 26.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 30,768 | 46.9 | +45.4 | |||
Turnout | 65,546 | 23.1 | -64.0 | |||
Jatiya Party (E) gain from Awami League | ||||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
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Awami League | Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury | 109,356 | 50.3 | +21.2 | ||
BNP | Ilias Ali | 106,040 | 48.8 | N/A | ||
BIF | Md. Ahmad Ali Halily | 595 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Mokulisur Rahaman | 530 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BDB | Mahabubur Rahaman Chowdhury | 525 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BKA | Abdur Rahman | 391 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 3,316 | 1.5 | -23.9 | |||
Turnout | 217,437 | 87.1 | +14.9 | |||
Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Ilias Ali | 103,460 | 54.5 | +25.2 | ||
Awami League | Shah Azizur Rahman | 55,291 | 29.1 | -3.0 | ||
IJOF | Muhibur Rahman | 27,905 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Independent | Azizun Nesa | 1,782 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
KSJL | Mahmad Ali | 1,253 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Bangladesher Sammyabadi Dal (Marxbadi-Laninbadi) | Md. Afroz Ali | 316 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 48,169 | 25.4 | +22.9 | |||
Turnout | 190,007 | 72.2 | +7.2 | |||
BNP gain from Awami League | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awami League | Shah Azizur Rahman | 42,266 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (E) | Mohsud Ebne Aziz Lama | 39,044 | 29.7 | -10.4 | ||
BNP | Ilias Ali | 38,473 | 29.3 | N/A | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Hannan | 6,382 | 4.9 | +0.2 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Sheikh Mou Md. A Shahid | 2,705 | 2.1 | +1.0 | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Md. Nurul Islam Khan | 1,139 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Sammilita Sangram Parishad | A. F. M. Abdul Qayum | 1,028 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Moinul Islam | 267 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Gias Uddin Ahmed | 193 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 3,222 | 2.5 | -14.9 | |||
Turnout | 131,497 | 65.0 | +25.7 | |||
Awami League gain from Jatiya Party (E) | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jatiya Party (E) | Mohsud Ebne Aziz Lama | 39,015 | 40.1 | ||
BAKSAL | Md. Lutfor Rahman | 22,087 | 22.7 | ||
Independent | Muhibur Rahman | 12,312 | 12.7 | ||
BNP | MA Haq | 8,493 | 8.7 | ||
Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot | Nurul Islam Khan | 7,007 | 7.2 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Lutfor Rahman Jaigirdar | 4,542 | 4.7 | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Ashraf) | Md. Ashraf Ali | 1,139 | 1.2 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Md. Abdul Matin | 1,103 | 1.1 | ||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Khondokar Farid Uddin Ahmed | 813 | 0.8 | ||
Workers Party | Md. Nurhossain Chowdhury | 357 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | Sattar Miah | 243 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Inamul Haq Chowdhury | 154 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 16,928 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 97,265 | 39.3 | |||
Jatiya Party (E) hold | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Sylhet-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "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). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 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.
- 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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