Mymensingh-2 Explained

Mymensingh-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Mymensingh District
Region Label:Division
Region:Mymensingh Division
Electorate:450,703 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Sharif Ahmed
Party:Awami League

Mymensingh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sharif Ahmed of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Phulpur Upazila and Tarakanda Upazila.

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.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of the former Phulpur Upazila (which in 2012 had been split into a smaller Phulpur Upazila and the new Tarakanda Upazila). Previously the constituency had excluded one union parishad: Bishka.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Rashed MosharrafAwami League
1979Ismail Hossain TalukderBangladesh Muslim League
1986Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
1988Rajab Ali FakirBangladesh Nationalist Party
1991Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
February 1996Abul Basar AkandBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Md. Shamsul HaqueAwami League
2001Shah Shahid SarwarBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Hayatur Rahman KhanAwami League
2014Sharif AhmedAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sharif Ahmed 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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