Chuadanga-2

Chuadanga-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Md. Ali Azgar of the Awami League.

Chuadanga-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChuadanga District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate415,027 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Md. Ali Azgar

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Damurhuda and Jibannagar upazilas, and two union parishads of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila: Begampur and Titudaha.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Kushtia constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Mirza Sultan Raja Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)[5]
1988 Habibur Rahman Jatiya Party[6]
1991 Habibur Rahman Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[7]
1996 Md. Mozammel Haque Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Ali Azgar Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Chuadanga-2[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Md. Ali Azgar 118,385 93.6 +42.3
Workers Party Sirazul Islam Sheikh 8,030 6.4 N/A
Majority 110,355 87.3 -5.4
Turnout 126,415 34.3 -58.4
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Chuadanga-2[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Md. Ali Azgar 156,323 51.3 +9.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Habibur Rahman 143,418 47.0 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Abdul Latif Khan 5,216 1.7 N/A
Majority 12,905 4.2 -11.2
Turnout 304,957 92.7 +3.6
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chuadanga-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Md. Mozammel Haque 146,548 57.0 +23.7
Awami League Mirza Sultana Raja 107,050 41.6 +8.8
IJOF Md. Nabi Chowdhury 2,744 1.1 N/A
CPB Shahidul Islam 957 0.4 N/A
Majority 39,498 15.4 +14.9
Turnout 257,299 89.1 +3.8
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Chuadanga-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Md. Mozammel Haque 64,755 33.3 +3.8
Awami League Mirza Sultan Raja 63,732 32.8 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Habibur Rahman 48,944 25.2 -11.4
JP(E) Habibur Rahman Hobby 11,187 5.8 -2.2
Independent Md. Nabi Chowdhury 2,324 1.2 N/A
IOJ A. Mannan 1,872 1.0 +0.6
Zaker Party Amir Hossain 1,397 0.7 +0.3
Majority 1,023 0.5 -6.6
Turnout 194,211 85.3 +21.3
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Chuadanga-2[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Jamaat-e-Islami Habibur Rahman 49,688 36.6
BNP Md. Mozammel Haque 40,020 29.5
Jatia Mukti Dal Mirza Sultan Raza 25,470 18.8
JP(E) Habibur Rahman Hobby 10,788 8.0
Zaker Party Saidur Rahman 5,832 4.3
Independent Shahidul Islam 2,478 1.8
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Nabis Uddin 629 0.5
IOJ A. Mannan 493 0.4
Independent Yunus Ali 273 0.2
Majority 9,668 7.1
Turnout 135,671 64.0
Jamaat-e-Islami hold
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References
  1. "Chuadanga-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. Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5.
  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. "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  8. "Chuadanga-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 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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