Khulna-2 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Khulna District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Khulna Division |
Electorate: | 294,116 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Members: | vacant |
Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas.
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.
In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.
Election | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | Sheikh Abdur Rahman | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
1979 | Abu Saleh Md. Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Major Boundary Changes | ||||
1986 | Mohammad Mohsin | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
1988 | Mia Musa Hossain | |||
1991 | Sheikh Razzak Ali | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Nov 2001 by-election | Ali Asgar Lobi | |||
2008 | Nazrul Islam Manju | |||
2014 | Mohammad Mizanur Rahman | Bangladesh Awami League< | -- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> | |
2018 | Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel | |||
Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Ali Asgar Lobi of the BNP was elected unopposed after the Awami League decided not to contest the by-election scheduled for November.