Pabna-2
{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}
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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad
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| district = Pabna District
| region_label = Division
| region = Rajshahi Division
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| year = 1973
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Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahmed Firoz Kabir of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and the five southernmost union parishads of Bera Upazila: Dhalar Char, Jatsakhni, Masundia, Puran Bharenga, and Ruppur.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable"
|+ ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
|1973 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
|1979 |BNP |
| colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" |
|1986 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
|1991 | rowspan="2" |BNP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| rowspan="2" |Awami League |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
|1998 by-election |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
|2001 |BNP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
|2008 | rowspan="3" |Awami League |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
|2014 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
|2018 |
Elections
= Elections in the 2010s =
Azizul Huq Arzu was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Pabna-2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = A. K. Khandker
|votes = 116,730
|percentage = 55.1
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = A K M Selim Reza Habib
|votes = 95,000
|percentage = 44.9
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,730
|percentage = 10.3
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 211,730
|percentage = 90.1
|change = +11.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Awami League
|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Pabna-2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = A K M Selim Reza Habib
|votes = 97,704
|percentage = 52.9
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Mirza Abdul Jalil
|votes = 86,013
|percentage = 46.5
|change = -1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
|candidate = Md. Nurul Islam
|votes = 1,010
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Md. Masud Ahmed
|votes = 125
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,691
|percentage = 6.3
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 184,852
|percentage = 78.4
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|loser = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.
{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Pabna-2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Ahmed Tafiz Uddin
|votes = 67,250
|percentage = 48.0
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = A K M Selim Reza Habib
|votes = 65,745
|percentage = 46.9
|change = -8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
|candidate = Md. Hatem Ali
|votes = 3,979
|percentage = 2.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
|candidate = Mokbul Hossain
|votes = 2,451
|percentage = 1.7
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Zaker Party
|candidate = Md. A. Wahab
|votes = 424
|percentage = 0.3
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Khandakar Golam Mortuza
|votes = 177
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Md. Ferdous Alam Khan
|votes = 159
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,505
|percentage = 1.1
|change = -14.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 140,185
|percentage = 82.7
|change = +24.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Awami League
|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Pabna-2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = Osman Ghani Khan
|votes = 67,431
|percentage = 55.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Ahmed Tafiz Uddin
|votes = 48,086
|percentage = 39.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Zaker Party
|candidate = Md. A. Wahab
|votes = 2,938
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = NAP (Muzaffar)
|candidate = Ronesh Moitra
|votes = 1,050
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
|candidate = Mokbul Hossain
|votes = 908
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Md. Hasan Monjur
|votes = 882
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = NAP (Bhashani)
|candidate = Md. Saudur Rahman
|votes = 445
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = NDP
|candidate = Khandakar Golam Mortuza
|votes = 100
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,345
|percentage = 15.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 121,840
|percentage = 58.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}
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