Patuakhali-2

Patuakhali-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictPatuakhali District
DivisionBarisal Division
Electorate251,873 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Patuakhali-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by ASM Feroz of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bauphal Upazila.[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 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Kamalapur and Lohalia.[5][2][6]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Shahjada Abdul Malek Khan Awami League[7][8]
1979 Siddiqur Rahman
Major Boundary Changes
1986 ASM Feroz Independent[9]
1988 Md. Ruhul Amin Jatiya Party[10]
1991 ASM Feroz Awami League
Feb 1996 Yaqub Ali Sharif BNP
Jun 1996 ASM Feroz Awami League
2001 Shahidul Alam Talukder BNP
2008 ASM Feroz Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

ASM Feroz was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Patuakhali-2[5][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ASM Feroz 98,303 54.8 +19.0
BNP A.K.M. Faruque Ahmed Talukder 58,258 32.5 −14.8
Independent A.S.M. Firoz Alam 12,122 6.8 N/A
IAB Abu Zafor Ahamdullah 10,287 5.7 N/A
BTF Mohammad Rafiqul Islam 439 0.2 N/A
Majority 40,045 22.3 +15.4
Turnout 179,409 83.6 +18.5
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Patuakhali-2[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Md. Shahidul Alam Talukder 69,735 47.3 +0.9
AL ASM Feroz 52,804 35.8 −10.6
IJOF Faruque Talukder 24,720 16.8 N/A
CPB Md. Shahabuddin Ahmmed 175 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Shah Alam Mridha 107 0.1 N/A
Majority 16,931 6.9 +6.9
Turnout 147,541 65.1 −4.3
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Patuakhali-2[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ASM Feroz 45,937 46.4 +1.0
BNP Shahidul Alam Talukder 45,913 46.4 +38.4
IOJ Akther Faruk 4,180 4.2 −4.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Fokruddin Khan Razi 1,680 1.7 −0.3
JP(E) Md. Ruhul Amin 393 0.4 −1.6
FP Shahadat Hossoin Khan 247 0.2 0.0
Zaker Party Kazi Abdul Khaleq 208 0.2 N/A
Gano Forum Begum Tahmina 204 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Moslem Uddin 145 0.1 N/A
Majority 24 0.0 −22.6
Turnout 98,907 69.4 +27.7
AL hold
General Election 1991: Patuakhali-2[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ASM Feroz 40,202 45.4
Independent Abu Zafar Khan 20,221 22.8
IOJ Akter Farooq 7,713 8.7
NAP (Muzaffar) Syed Ashraf Hossain 7,431 8.4
BNP Syed Ahmad Miah 7,050 8.0
Bangladesh Janata Party Kuddus Rahman 2,012 2.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. A. Gani 1,799 2.0
JP(E) Md. Ruhul Amin 1,743 2.0
FP Nurul Islam Miah 218 0.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Miah Md. Lutfor Rahman Ansari 127 0.1
Majority 19,981 22.6
Turnout 88,516 41.7
AL gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ^ "Patuakhali-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  4. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  5. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  7. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. ^ 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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