Sunamganj-2

Electorate250,721 (2018)^[1]

Created1984

Sunamganj-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad

District	Sunamganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	250,721 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Member	Md Nasir Chowdhury
← 224 Sunamganj-1 226 Sunamganj-3 →

Sunamganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

The constituency encompasses Derai and Shllah upazilas.^[2]^[3]

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-2 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[4]

Member	Party
1986	Suranjit Sengupta	Ganatantri Party^[5]
1988	Golam Jilani Chowdhury	^[6]
1991	Suranjit Sengupta	Ganatantri Party
Feb 1996	Mifta Uddin Chowdhury Rumi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[7]
Jun 1996	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2001	Suranjit Sengupta	Awami League
2017 by-election	Joya Sengupta	Awami League
2024	Independent
2026	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[8]

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Sunamganj-2^[9]
Party		Candidate
	CPB	Niranjan Das
	BNP	Md Nasir Chowdhury
	Jamaat	Md Shishir Monir
Majority
Turnout

Suranjit Sengupta died in February 2017. Joya Sengupta, his widow, was elected in a March 2017 by-election.^[10]

Sunamganj-2 by-election, 2017^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Joya Sengupta	95,959	69.5	N/A
	Independent	Sayed Ali Mahbub Hossain	42,156	30.5	N/A
Majority			53,803	39.0	+28.8
Turnout			138,115	54.7	−33.4
	AL hold

Suranjit Sengupta was 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: Sunamganj-2^[2]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	95,593	55.1	N/A
	BNP	Md. Nasir Chowdhury	77,889	44.9	+0.7
Majority			17,704	10.2	−0.6
Turnout			173,482	88.1	+8.3
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-2^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	82,839	55.0	+6.7
	BNP	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	66,558	44.2	+42.7
	IJOF	Sheikh Jahir Ali	1,185	0.8	N/A
Majority			16,281	10.8	+10.4
Turnout			150,582	79.8	−3.6
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-2^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	59,000	48.7	+12.7
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	58,496	48.3	N/A
	BNP	Jahir Ahmed	1,868	1.5	0.0
	Jamaat	Md. Abdul Mannan	1,104	0.9	N/A
	CPB	Probangsu Chowdhury	560	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Muhitur Rahman Chowdhury	164	0.1	N/A
Majority			504	0.4	−13.8
Turnout			121,192	83.4	+20.0
	JP(E) gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sunamganj-2^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ganatantri Party	Suranjit Sengupta	58,580	58.4
	JP(E)	Dobirul Islam Chowdhury	36,067	36.0
	Independent	Zahir Ahmed	3,556	3.6
	BNP	Rana Hasan Chowdhury	1,532	1.5
	Independent	Motiur Rahman	328	0.3
	Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal	Md. Fazlul Haq	231	0.2
Majority			22,513	14.2
Turnout			100,294	63.4
	Ganatantri Party gain from

↑ "Sunamganj-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
↑ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
↑ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (2026-02-12). "'বিজয়ী' ধানের শীষের নাছির চৌধুরীকে অভিনন্দন জানালেন শিশির মনির". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-02-12.
↑ "VoteDB candidates". VoteBD.
1 2 "Joyasen Gupta wins Sunamganj by-polls". Banglanews24.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
1 2 3 "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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v t e Sunamganj District
Capital: Sunamganj
Upazilas	Bishwamvarpur Chhatak Derai Dharamapasha Dowarabazar Jagannathpur Jamalganj Shantiganj Sullah Sunamganj Sadar Tahirpur
Constituencies	Sunamganj-1 Sunamganj-2 Sunamganj-3 Sunamganj-4 Sunamganj-5
Attractions and sites	Chhatak Cement Factory Chhatak Gas Field Pagla Jame Masjid Sunetra Gas Field Tanguar haor
Rivers	Dhanu Kangsha Kushiyara Makunda Piyain Surma
Inhabited areas	Bhatgaon Haydarpur Jhigli Derai Dolarbazar Jahedpur Govindaganj Khola Gaon Kolkolia Sreedharpasha Jagdal Mahammedpur Mirpur Patli Syedpur-Shaharpara Budhrail Islampur Shaharpara Syedpur Teghoria
Educational institutions	Government Jubilee High School Sachna Bazar High School Beheli High School
Transport	Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line
History	Earthquake of 1869 Earthquake of 1897 Laur kingdom

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