Rajshahi-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Rajshahi-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
| Rajshahi-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Rajshahi District |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Electorate | 369,564 (2025) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Mizanur Rahman Minu |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses the entirety of Rajshahi City Corporation, integrating the area within a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included Paba Upazila.[4][5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Khalid Ali Mia | Awami League[6] | |
| 1979 | Syed Manzur Hossain | BNP[7] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Mesbah Uddin Ahmed | Jatiya Party[8][9] | |
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | Kabir Hossain | BNP | |
| Feb 1996 | |||
| June 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Mizanur Rahman Minu | ||
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 2008 | Fazle Hossain Badsha | Workers Party | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2024 | Shafiqur Rahman Badsha | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Md. Mejbaul Islam | ||||
| Jamaat | Mohammad Jahangir | ||||
| Nagorik Oikko | Mohammad Shamsul Alam | ||||
| IAB | Muhammad Fazlul Karim | ||||
| AB Party | Md. Saeed Noman | ||||
| BNP | Mizanur Rahman Minu | ||||
| LDP | Md. Waheduzzaman | ||||
| Independent | Md. Shahabuddin | ||||
| Independent | Saleh Ahmed | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Symbol | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Scissors | Md. Shafiqur Rahman Badsha | 55,156 | 60.99 | N/A | |
| WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 31,460 | 34.79 |  17.32 | |
| JaPa(E) | Plough | Saiful Islam Swapan | 1,816 | 2.01 |  1.92 | |
| JaSaD(I) | Torch | Abdullah Al Masud Siddiqui Shibli | 1,062 | 1.17 | N/A | |
| Congress | Green coconut | Md. Maruf Shahriar | 409 | 0.45 | N/A | |
| Muktijote | Walking cane | Yasir Alif Bin Habib | 310 | 0.34 | N/A | |
| BNM | Anchor | Md. Kamrul Islam Masud | 228 | 0.25 | N/A | |
| Valid votes | 90,441 | 96.53 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 3,253 | 3.47 | ||||
| Total votes | 93,694 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 352,775 | 26.56 | 43.90 | |||
| Majority | 23,696 | 26.20 | N/A | |||
| Independent gain from WPB | Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Symbol | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 115,453 | 52.11 | N/A | |
| BNP | Sheaf of paddy | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 103,327 | 46.64 | N/A | |
| IAB | Hand fan | Md. Foysal Hossain Moni | 2,129 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| CPB | Sickle | Md. Enamul Haque | 453 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| NPP(S) | Mango | Saiful Islam Swapan | 207 | 0.09 | N/A | |
| Valid votes | 221,569 | 98.93 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 2,405 | 1.07 | ||||
| Total votes | 223,974 | 100.0 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 317,852 | 70.46 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 12,126 | 5.47 | N/A | |||
| WPB hold | Swing | |||||
Fazle Hossain Badsha was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 1,16,599 | 56.4 | +52.5 | ||
| BNP | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 89,050 | 43.1 | −16.5 | ||
| CPB | Md. Enamul Haque | 476 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Sayeed Mahmud Ilyas | 408 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| BDB | Akhtaruzzaman Bablu | 225 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 27,549 | 13.3 | −13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 206,758 | 79.9 | −1.6 | |||
| WPB gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 1,76,405 | 59.6 | +15.6 | |
| AL | A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton | 96,604 | 32.6 | +1.9 | |
| WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 11,490 | 3.9 | +2.3 | |
| IJOF | Mostaq Ahmed | 10,676 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Jalal Uddin | 661 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Shahabuddin Bachchu | 270 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 79,801 | 27.0 | +13.8 | ||
| Turnout | 296,106 | 81.5 | −2.6 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Kabir Hossain | 108,471 | 44.0 | +0.6 | |
| AL | A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton | 75,803 | 30.7 | +17.8 | |
| Jamaat | Ataur Rahman | 41,774 | 16.9 | −4.6 | |
| JP(E) | Md. A. Matin Khan | 13,747 | 5.6 | +4.0 | |
| WPB | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 3,838 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| IOJ | Md. Abdus Samad | 1,169 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Khairul Alam | 827 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Zaker Party | Md. Anisur Rahman | 345 | 0.1 | −0.2 | |
| BKA | Wali Uallah Dewan | 296 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | Begum Rokeya Firoj | 291 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| FP | Md. Abu Masud | 45 | 0.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 32,668 | 13.2 | −8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 246,606 | 84.1 | +9.8 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Kabir Hossain | 81,014 | 43.4 | |||
| Jamaat | Ataur Rahman | 40,141 | 21.5 | |||
| UCL | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 34,267 | 18.4 | |||
| AL | A E M Mahbub Uz Zaman Bhulu | 24,047 | 12.9 | |||
| JP(E) | Badiuzzaman | 2,967 | 1.6 | |||
| Independent | Md. Khondakar Zoinal Abedin | 1,628 | 0.9 | |||
| Peoples Democratic Party | Md. Mojibar Rahman | 879 | 0.5 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Sharif Uddin | 607 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Md. Zalal Uddin | 330 | 0.2 | |||
| FP | Abul Hasnat Md. Shamsul Haq Shamrat | 322 | 0.2 | |||
| Independent | Mohammad Ali | 202 | 0.1 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Md. Aminul Islam | 200 | 0.1 | |||
| Jatiya Oikkya Front | Md. Abdul Bari | 85 | 0.0 | |||
| Majority | 40,873 | 21.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 186,689 | 74.3 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
