Bagerhat-2

Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Bagerhat-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad

District	Bagerhat District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	284,096 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 95 Bagerhat-1 97 Bagerhat-3 →

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas.^[2]^[3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Khulna-2 constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1986	Sheikh Abdur Rahman	Jatiya Party^[4]^[5]
1988	Sheikh Sahidul Islam	Jatiya Party^[4]^[5]
1991	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	BNP
1996	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	Awami League
2001	MAH Salim	BNP
2008	Mir Showkat Ali Badsha	Awami League^[1]
2018	Sheikh Tanmoy	Awami League^[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mir Showkat Ali Badsha 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

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-2^[2]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mir Showkat Ali Badsha	103,846	50.8	+9.6
	BNP	M. A. Salam	95,954	46.9	−10.6
	IAB	Md. Jalal Uddin Hawlader	3,470	1.7	N/A
	LDP	Chasi AM Saidur Rahman	1,240	0.6	N/A
Majority			7,892	3.9	−12.4
Turnout			204,510	89.0	+6.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bagerhat-2^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	MAH Salim	103,792	57.5	+22.3
	AL	Sheikh Helal Uddin	74,429	41.2	+2.0
	IJOF	Farid Hasan	1,436	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Moqbul Hossain Sheikh	238	0.1	N/A
	Independent	S. M. A. Mannan	169	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Emadul Haq Munzil	121	0.1	N/A
	CPB	S. M. Rezaul Karim	99	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Arefin Islam	69	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Sheikh Dabir Uddin	57	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Sarbahara Party	Md. Mosarraf Hossain	44	0.0	N/A
Majority			29,363	16.3	+12.2
Turnout			180,454	82.3	+0.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-2^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	57,377	39.2	+2.7
	BNP	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	51,448	35.2	−2.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sheikh Kamrul Alam	26,805	18.3	−3.2
	JP(E)	Sheikh Atiar Rahman	8,450	5.8	+2.5
	IOJ	Md. Muzibur Rahman Juktibadi	1,214	0.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sayad Sirajul Kabir	644	0.4	−0.3
	Independent	M. A. Awal	236	0.2	N/A
	FP	S. M. Abdul Mannan	82	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Fakir Md. Ali Hasan	53	0.0	N/A
Majority			5,929	4.1	+3.0
Turnout			146,309	82.0	+20.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Bagerhat-2^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	48,081	37.7
	AL	Mir Shakawat Ali Daru	46,652	36.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mojibur Rahman	27,508	21.5
	JP(E)	Sheikh Abdur Rahman	4,209	3.3
	Zaker Party	Haniful Haq	843	0.7
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Fazlur Rahman	266	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sheik Kamruzzaman	105	0.1
Majority			1,429	1.1
Turnout			127,664	61.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

^ ^a ^b "Bagerhat-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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.
^ "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.
^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.