Bhola-2 Explained

Bhola-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Bhola District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:297,221 (2018)
Year:1984

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Burhanuddin and Daulatkhan upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986Tofail AhmedAwami League
1988Siddiqur RahmanJatiya Party
Sep 1991 by-electionMosharraf Hossain ShahjahanBNP
Feb 1996Nizam Uddin Ahmed
Jun 1996Tofail AhmedAwami League
2001Hafiz IbrahimBNP
2008Tofail AhmedAwami League
2014Ali Azam

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Tofael Ahmed stood for two seats in the 1991 general election: Bhola-1 and Bhola-2. After winning both, he chose to represent the former and quit the latter, triggering a by-election. Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.

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