Pabna-2
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Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and Bera Upazila.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission decided to expand the boundaries of the constituency to include Bera Municipality, and four union parishads of Bera Upazila: Chakla, Haturia Nakalia, Kytola, and Nutan Bharenga.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Syed Haider Ali | Awami League | |
| 1979 | M. A. Matin | BNP | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Mokbul Hossain | Jatiya Party | |
| 1991 | Osman Ghani Khan | BNP | |
| Feb 1996 | A K M Selim Reza Habib | ||
| Jun 1996 | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | Awami League | |
| 1998 by-election | Abdul Karim Khandker | ||
| 2001 | A K M Selim Reza Habib | BNP | |
| 2008 | Abdul Karim Khandker | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Azizul Huq Arzu | ||
| 2018 | Ahmed Firoz Kabir |
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | A. K. Khandker | 116,730 | 55.1 | +8.6 | |
| BNP | A K M Selim Reza Habib | 95,000 | 44.9 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 21,730 | 10.3 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 211,730 | 90.1 | +11.7 | ||
| AL gain from BNP |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | A K M Selim Reza Habib | 97,704 | 52.9 | +6.0 | |
| AL | Mirza Abdul Jalil | 86,013 | 46.5 | −1.5 | |
| IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 1,010 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Masud Ahmed | 125 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,691 | 6.3 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 184,852 | 78.4 | −4.3 | ||
| BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 67,250 | 48.0 | +8.5 | |
| BNP | A K M Selim Reza Habib | 65,745 | 46.9 | −8.4 | |
| Jamaat | Md. Hatem Ali | 3,979 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 2,451 | 1.7 | +1.0 | |
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 424 | 0.3 | −2.1 | |
| Independent | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 177 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Ferdous Alam Khan | 159 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,505 | 1.1 | −14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 140,185 | 82.7 | +24.1 | ||
| AL gain from BNP |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Osman Ghani Khan | 67,431 | 55.3 | ||
| AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 48,086 | 39.5 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 2,938 | 2.4 | ||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Ronesh Moitra | 1,050 | 0.9 | ||
| JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 908 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Md. Hasan Monsoor | 882 | 0.7 | ||
| NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Saudur Rahman | 445 | 0.4 | ||
| NDP | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 100 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 19,345 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 121,840 | 58.6 | |||
| BNP gain from JP(E) |
External links
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