Jhenaidah-2

Jhenaidah-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Tahjib Alam Siddique, of the Awami League since 2018.

Jhenaidah-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJhenaidah District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate423,555 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Tahjib Alam Siddique

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Harinakunda Upazila and all but four union parishads of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila: Fursandi, Ghorshal, Moharajpur, and Naldanga.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Anwar Zahid Jatiya Party[5]
1988 Ashraful Abedin Jatiya Party[6]
1991 Mashiur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Shafiqul Islam Awami League
2014 Tahjib Alam Siddique Independent
2018 Tahjib Alam Siddique Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-2[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tahjib Alam Siddique 67,984 56.1 N/A
AL Md. Shafiqul Islam 51,244 42.3 -9.3
BNF Md. Mominul Islam 1,858 1.5 N/A
Majority 16,740 13.8 +9.2
Turnout 121,086 32.0 -59.4
Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-2[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Shafiqul Islam 161,062 51.6 +7.4
BNP Mashiur Rahaman 146,736 47.1 +2.9
IAB Md. Sharafhat Hossain Joarder 3,495 1.1 N/A
PDP Md. Mijanur Rahaman 361 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mrs. Rehena Akhter Hira 188 0.1 N/A
Majority 14,326 4.6 -5.6
Turnout 311,842 91.4 +5.7
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 144,951 54.4 +13.5
AL Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui 117,706 44.2 +10.4
IJOF Md. Jalal Uddin Ahmmed 3,245 1.2 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Tahera Begum Jali 206 0.1 N/A
Ganatantri Party Md. Rezaul Karim 110 0.0 N/A
Majority 27,245 10.2 +3.1
Turnout 266,218 85.7 +1.3
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 83,967 40.9 -6.4
AL Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui 69,353 33.8 +10.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Nur Mohammad 41,247 20.1 -1.0
JP(E) Md. Mosharraf Hossain Mosa 8,411 4.1 -0.8
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Arif Billah 1,237 0.6 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Abu Taleb 896 0.4 -1.6
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Tahera Begum Jali 130 0.1 N/A
FP Anwarul Karim 41 0.0 -0.1
Majority 14,614 7.1 -16.6
Turnout 205,282 84.4 +18.4
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mashiur Rahman 76,001 47.3
AL Motiar Rahman 37,923 23.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abul Kashem 33,975 21.1
JP(E) Ashraful Abedin 7,912 4.9
Zaker Party K. M. Zahangir Mazmadar 3,166 2.0
BKA Hatem Ali 1,455 0.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Shafiur Rahman 169 0.1
FP Anwarul Karim 89 0.1
UCL Md. Abdul Matin Miah 57 0.0
Majority 38,078 23.7
Turnout 160,747 66.0
BNP gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Jhenaidah-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  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. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Jhenaidah-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Jhenaidah-2". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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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