Pabna-2 Explained

Pabna-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Pabna District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rajshahi Division
Electorate:300,789 (2018)
Year:1973

Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahmed Firoz Kabir of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and the five southernmost union parishads of Bera Upazila: Dhalar Char, Jatsakhni, Masundia, Puran Bharenga, and Ruppur.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election!Member!Party
1973Syed Haider AliAwami League
1979M. A. MatinBNP
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mokbul HossainJatiya Party
1991Osman Ghani KhanBNP
Feb 1996AKM Salim Reza Habib
Jun 1996Ahmed Tafiz UddinAwami League
1998 by-electionAbdul Karim Khandker
2001AKM Salim Reza HabibBNP
2008Abdul Karim KhandkerAwami League
2014Azizul Huq Arzu
2018Ahmed Firoz Kabir

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Azizul Huq Arzu was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.

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