Faridpur-2 Explained

Faridpur-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Faridpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Dhaka Division
Electorate:287,370 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:Sahdad Akbar Chowdhury
Party:Awami League

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nagarkanda and Saltha upazilas, and one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Khandaker Nurul IslamAwami League
1979Md. Abdul Matin MiaJatiya Samajtantrik Dal
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mohammad AAM Khairuzzaman MiaJatiya Party
1988Saifuzzaman Chowdhury JewelJatiya Party
1991Syeda Sajeda ChowdhuryAwami League
February 1996Abul Hossain MiaBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996KM Obaidur RahmanBangladesh Awami League
2001 Bangladeshi general electionKM Obaidur RahmanBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Syeda Sajeda ChowdhuryAwami League
November 2022 by-electionShahdab Akbar ChowdhuryAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

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