Cox's Bazar-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Cox's Bazar-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
| Cox's Bazar-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Cox's Bazar District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 383,657 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Kutubdia and Maheshkhali, integrating both upazilas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]Before the constituency was part of the Undivided Chittagong-17(cox'sbazar sadar-moheshkhali)The boundaries were changed prior to the 1986 election
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar.[3]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Khan Bahadur Jalal uddin Ahmad | Independent | |
| 1946 | Muslim League | ||
| 1954 | siddik Ahmad | Nezam-E-Islam | |
| 1955 | farid Ahmad | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1965 | |||
| 1970 | Mostak Ahmad Chowdhury | Bangladesh Awami league | |
| 1973 | |||
| 1979 | Md Rashid BA | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Jahirul Islam | Jatiya Party (Ershad)[4][5] | |
| 1991 | Md. Ishak | Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League | |
| Feb 1996 | ATM Nurul Bashar Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| Jun 1996 | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2008 | A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| 2014 | Asheq Ullah Rafiq | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2024 | |||
| 2026 | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid | 125,262 | 57.80 | +52.99 | ||
| Jamaat | A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad | 89,634 | 41.36 | +33.78 | ||
| IAB | Ziaul Haque | 3,538 | 1.63 | +0.96 | ||
| Majority | 35,628 | 16.44 | −62.92 | |||
| Turnout | 225,784 | 60.10 | −22.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 375,688 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Asheq Ullah Rafiq | 213,091 | 86.94% | +41.94 | |
| Independent | A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad | 18,587 | 7.58% | −46.32 | |
| BNP | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid | 11,789 | 4.81% | −62.79 | |
| IAB | Jashim Uddin | 1,630 | 0.67% | New | |
| Majority | 194,504 | 79.36% | +43.86 | ||
| Turnout | 245,097 | 82.75% |  11.05pp | ||
| Registered electors | 296,177 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
Asheq Ullah Rafiq was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaat | A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad | 104,835 | 53.90% | −13.70 | ||
| AL | Ansarul Karim | 87,010 | 45.00% | +12.90 | ||
| IOJ | Mohammad Solaiman | 1,335 | 0.70% | −0.60 | ||
| Gano Front | Golam Mowla | 467 | 0.20% | −0.10 | ||
| Zaker Party | Mohammad Elias | 340 | 0.20% | −0.10 | ||
| Majority | 17,327 | 9.00% | −26.50 | |||
| Turnout | 193,357 | 85.60% | 13.9pp | |||
| Jamaat gain from BNP | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid | 44,445 | 40.8 | +15.7 | ||
| AL | Sirajul Mostafa | 32,443 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
| Jamaat | Master Shafiullah Kutubi | 21,859 | 20.0 | −8.5 | ||
| JP(E) | Jahirul Islam | 5,793 | 5.3 | −0.1 | ||
| IOJ | Moulana Amjad Ali | 3,683 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan | Shamim Ara Dulan | 604 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | A. K. M. Faijul Karim | 198 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 12,002 | 11.0 | +8.1 | |||
| Turnout | 109,025 | 69.9 | +21.7 | |||
| BNP gain from BAKSAL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKSAL | Md. Ishak B A | 25,727 | 31.4 | |||
| Jamaat | Shafi Ullah | 23,345 | 28.5 | |||
| BNP | Md. Rashid | 20,563 | 25.1 | |||
| BIF | Md. Shafiqul Alam | 5,747 | 7.0 | |||
| JP(E) | Shaker Ullah | 4,461 | 5.4 | |||
| NDP | Mostak Ahmed Chowdhury | 1,862 | 2.3 | |||
| Independent | Sirajul Mostafa | 101 | 0.1 | |||
| Independent | Md. Nur Boks | 100 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 2,382 | 2.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 81,906 | 48.2 | ||||
| BAKSAL gain from JP(E) | ||||||
