Rajshahi-2 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Rajshahi District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate: | 317,852 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Rajshahi-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Rajshahi City Corporation.
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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included Paba Upazila.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Khalid Ali Mia | Awami League | |
1979 | Syed Manzur Hossain | BNP | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mesbah Uddin Ahmed | Jatiya Party | |
1991 | Kabir Hossain | BNP | |
2001 | Mizanur Rahman Minu | ||
2008 | Fazle Hossain Badsha | Workers Party | |
2024 | Shafiqur Rahman Badsha | Independent | |
Independent | Scissors | Md. Shafiqur Rahman Badsha | 55,156 | 60.99 | N/A | ||
WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 31,460 | 34.79 | 17.32 | ||
JaPa(E) | Plough | Saiful Islam Swapan | 1,816 | 2.01 | 1.92 | ||
JaSaD(I) | Torch | Abdullah Al Masud Siddiqui Shibli | 1,062 | 1.17 | N/A | ||
Congress | Green coconut | Md. Maruf Shahriar | 409 | 0.45 | N/A | ||
Muktijote | Walking cane | Yasir Alif Bin Habib | 310 | 0.34 | N/A | ||
BNM | Anchor | Md. Kamrul Islam Masud | 228 | 0.25 | N/A | ||
Valid votes | 90,441 | 96.53 | |||||
Invalid votes | 3,253 | 3.47 | |||||
Total votes | 93,694 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 352,775 | 26.56 | 43.90 | ||||
Majority | 23,696 | 26.20 | N/A | ||||
Independent gain from WPB | Swing |
WPB | Boat | Fazle Hossain Badsha | 115,453 | 52.11 | N/A | ||
BNP | Sheaf of paddy | Mizanur Rahman Minu | 103,327 | 46.64 | N/A | ||
IAB | Hand fan | Md. Foysal Hossain Moni | 2,129 | 0.96 | N/A | ||
CPB | Sickle | Md. Enamul Haque | 453 | 0.20 | N/A | ||
NPP(S) | Mango | Saiful Islam Swapan | 207 | 0.09 | N/A | ||
Valid votes | 221,569 | 98.93 | |||||
Invalid votes | 2,405 | 1.07 | |||||
Total votes | 223,974 | 100.0 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 317,852 | 70.46 | N/A | ||||
Majority | 12,126 | 5.47 | N/A | ||||
WPB hold | Swing |
Fazle Hossain Badsha was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.