Jamalpur-2 Explained

Jamalpur-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Jamalpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Mymensingh Division
Electorate:221,186 (2018)
Year:1978
Members:vacant
Previous:Mymensingh-2

Jamalpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .Since 6 August 2024, The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Islampur Upazila.

History

The constituency was created in 1978 from the Mymensingh-2 constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into two districts: Jamalpur and Mymensingh.

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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included two union parishads of Melandaha Upazila: Mahmudpur and Shaympur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1979Rashed MosharrafAwami League
Major Boundary Changes
1986Rashed MosharrafAwami League
1988Ashraf Ud-Doullah PahloanJatiya Party (Ershad)
1991Rashed MosharrafAwami League
February 1996Sultan Mahmud BabuBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Rashed MosharrafAwami League
2001Sultan Mahmud BabuBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008M. Faridul Haq KhanAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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