Barisal-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Barisal-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Barisal-2 | |
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| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Barisal District |
| Division | Barisal Division |
| Electorate | 302,644 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Banaripara and Wazirpur upazilas.[2][3]
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.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Ranjit Kumar Barai | ||||
| BNP | Sardar Sarfuddin Ahmed | ||||
| Jamaat | Abdul Mannan | ||||
| IAB | Md Nechar Uddin | ||||
| JP(E) | M A Jalil | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Talukder Yunus | 134,878 | 93.8 | +42.5 | |
| JP(E) | Md. Nasiruddin Nasim Hawlader | 5,088 | 3.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sabina Aktar | 3,879 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 129,790 | 90.2 | +84.0 | ||
| Turnout | 143,845 | 55.6 | −30.8 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Manirul Islam | 100,002 | 51.3 | +22.9 | ||
| BNP | Sardar Sarfuddin Ahmed | 87,976 | 45.1 | +7.1 | ||
| Independent | Sayed Shahidul Hoque Jamal | 3,362 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Nur Mohammad Howlader | 1,988 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| BDB | Sayma Jalil | 620 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Ranzit Kumar Baray | 516 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Albart Baray | 378 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Abdul Haque | 127 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 12,026 | 6.2 | −3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 194,969 | 86.4 | −21.6 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal | 60,164 | 38.0 | +11.5 | ||
| AL | Abul Hasanat Abdullah | 44,919 | 28.4 | +7.2 | ||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Golam Faruque Ovi | 30,511 | 19.3 | N/A | ||
| IJOF | Golam Kibria Tipu | 14,491 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
| WPB | Rashed Khan Menon | 8,353 | 5.3 | −6.5 | ||
| Majority | 15,245 | 9.6 | +8.2 | |||
| Turnout | 158,438 | 64.8 | −4.6 | |||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Golam Faruque Ovi | 33,556 | 28.0 | +9.9 | ||
| BNP | Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal | 31,844 | 26.5 | +14.3 | ||
| AL | Syed Moinul Haque | 25,403 | 21.2 | −4.0 | ||
| WPB | Rashed Khan Menon | 14,124 | 11.8 | −21.2 | ||
| Jamaat | Bazlur Rashid | 5,268 | 4.4 | −5.2 | ||
| Independent | Sarder Sarfuddin Ahamed | 3,359 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| IOJ | Abdul Malek Sarder | 2,418 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Shah Kashruzzaman | 2,135 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Golam Kibria Tipu | 1,733 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Abdul Alim Khan | 195 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,712 | 1.4 | −6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 120,035 | 69.4 | +23.6 | |||
| JP(E) gain from WPB | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPB | Rashed Khan Menon | 36,311 | 33.0 | |||
| AL | Haranath Bain | 27,697 | 25.2 | |||
| JP(E) | Golam Kibria | 19,876 | 18.1 | |||
| BNP | M. A. Rahman Mallik | 13,465 | 12.2 | |||
| Jamaat | Bazlur Rashid | 10,577 | 9.6 | |||
| Independent | Khairul Alam Hang. | 1,499 | 1.4 | |||
| NDP | Md. Delwar Hossain | 408 | 0.4 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mujibur Rahman Kabiraz | 148 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 8,614 | 7.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 109,981 | 45.8 | ||||
| WPB gain from JP(E) | ||||||
