Sherpur-2 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sherpur District |
Division | Mymensingh Division |
Electorate | 349,158 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Matia Chowdhury |
Sherpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Matia Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Nakla and Nalitabari upazilas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.[4]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Matia Chowdhury | 134,810 | 78.9 | +11.9 | |
Independent | Badiuzzaman Badsha | 35,986 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 98,824 | 57.9 | +40.4 | ||
Turnout | 170,796 | 56.1 | −30.8 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Matia Chowdhury | 156,973 | 67.0 | +17.2 | ||
BNP | Zahed Ali | 75,637 | 32.3 | +7.4 | ||
National People's Party | Mujafor Ahamed | 793 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Muhammad Harunr Rashed | 717 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 81,336 | 34.7 | +33.3 | |||
Turnout | 234,120 | 86.9 | +8.6 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Zahed Ali | 102,545 | 49.8 | +20.3 | ||
AL | Matia Chowdhury | 99,661 | 48.4 | +7.4 | ||
KSJL | Md. Shafiqul Islam | 2,235 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
IJOF | Md. Akkas Ali | 1,132 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
CPB | Abu Md. Mazhar | 256 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 2,884 | 1.4 | −10.2 | |||
Turnout | 205,829 | 78.3 | +4.9 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Matia Chowdhury | 63,574 | 41.0 | −0.8 | |
BNP | Zahed Ali | 45,659 | 29.5 | +3.0 | |
Zaker Party | Abdus Salam | 41,456 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Jalil | 4,314 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,915 | 11.6 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 155,003 | 73.4 | +18.0 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Matia Chowdhury | 47,886 | 41.8 | ||
Independent | Abdus Salam | 34,644 | 30.2 | ||
BNP | Zahed Ali | 30,309 | 26.5 | ||
FP | Akmal Hossain | 831 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | Md. Akhtaruzzaman Akhter | 537 | 0.5 | ||
BAKSAL | Md. Mostafizur Rahman | 353 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 13,242 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 114,560 | 55.4 | |||
AL gain from JP(E) |
References
- ^ "Sherpur-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "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: Mymensingh" (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.
- ^ "Sherpur-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
External links
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