Mymensingh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Phulpur Upazila and Tarakanda Upazila.

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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of the former Phulpur Upazila (which in 2012 had been split into a smaller Phulpur Upazila and the new Tarakanda Upazila). Previously the constituency had excluded one union parishad: Bishka.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Rashed MosharrafAwami League
1979Ismail Hossain TalukderMuslim League
1986Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
1988Rajab Ali FakirJatiya Party
1991Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
Feb 1996Abul Basar AkandBNP
Jun 1996Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
2001Shah Shahid SarwarBNP
2008Hayatur Rahman KhanAwami League
2014Sharif Ahmed

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sharif Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Mymensingh-2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ALHayatur Rahman Khan172,53363.8+24.1
BNPShah Shahid Sarwar94,09034.8−15.7
IABGolam Maula Bhuyan2,4850.9N/A
KSJLMd. Anwar Hossain1,1280.4N/A
Majority78,44329.0+18.2
Turnout270,23684.2+12.8
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Mymensingh-2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNPShah Shahid Sarwar114,04850.5+20.3
ALMd. Shamsul Haque89,63139.7+4.3
IJOFZia Uddin Ahammed21,0069.3N/A
CPBAbul Hashem1,2130.5N/A
Majority24,41710.8+5.6
Turnout225,89871.4+13.4
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ALMd. Shamsul Haque50,49735.4−2.8
BNPMd. Ashraf Uddin Sarkar43,03730.2+7.4
JP(E)Shah Shahid Sarwar42,67830.0+9.3
JamaatMd. Anisuzzaman4,2193.0−0.3
IOJMd. Tafazzal Hossain Biswas1,0000.7N/A
Zaker PartyMd. Saifal Islam3770.30.0
JSDMd. Nazrul Islam2880.2N/A
Gano ForumA.K.M. Raihan Uddin2020.1N/A
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)Nurul Alam1530.1N/A
Majority7,4605.2−10.3
Turnout142,45158.0+18.5
AL hold
General Election 1991: Mymensingh-2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ALMd. Shamsul Haque35,43238.2
BNPZulmat Ali Khan21,09122.8
JP(E)Shah Shahid Sarwar19,13920.7
IndependentGolam Mostafa6,2396.7
JSDAbdul Mansur Sarker4,3734.7
JamaatMd. Anisuzzaman3,0743.3
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)Ismail Hossain Talukder2,4892.7
Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya JotSheikh Alal Uddin3430.4
Zaker PartyMd. A. Bari Sarker2660.3
NAP (Muzaffar)Abdul Zabbar1870.2
Majority14,34115.5
Turnout92,63339.5
AL gain from BNP

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