Kushtia-2

Kushtia-2
Kushtia-2
Constituency; for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kushtia District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	399,687 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1973
	← 75 Kushtia-1 77 Kushtia-3 →

Kushtia-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Kamarul Arefin.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bheramara and Mirpur upazilas.^[2]^[3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdur Rouf Chowdhury	Awami League^[4]
	1979	Zillur Rahman	BNP^[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdul Wahed	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami^[6]
	1988	Ahsan Habib Lincoln	Jatiya Party^[7]
	1991	Abdur Rouf Chowdhury	BNP
	1996	Shahidul Islam	BNP
	2008	Hasanul Haq Inu	JaSaD
	2024	Kamarul Arefin	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Hasanul Haq Inu was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kushtia-2^[2]^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSD	Hasanul Haq Inu	165,952	57.3	+41.9
	BNP	Shahidul Islam	107,527	37.1	−2.7
	Independent	Md. Abdul Khalek	14,051	4.9	N/A
	IAB	Md. Abdus Shalam	1,530	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shahinur Ismal Nayb	363	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Ahsan Habib Lincoln	183	0.1	N/A
Majority			58,425	20.2	+15.1
Turnout			289,606	91.4	+4.7
	JSD gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Kushtia-2^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam	100,544	39.8	+6.7
	AL	Mahbubul Alam Hanif	87,734	34.7	+20.0
	JSD	Hasanul Haq Inu	38,877	15.4	+1.9
	IJOF	Ahsan Habib Lincoln	25,334	10.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Abdus Samad Khan	225	0.1	N/A
Majority			12,810	5.1	−7.4
Turnout			252,714	86.7	+1.8
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kushtia-2^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam	64,389	33.1	−2.3
	JP(E)	Ahsan Habib Lincoln	40,106	20.6	+3.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Wahib	30,632	15.7	−5.4
	AL	Mahbubul Alam Hanif	28,544	14.7	+4.4
	JSD	Hasanul Haq Inu	26,327	13.5	−1.6
	IOJ	Md. Sirajul Haque	1,932	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Majibul Haque	1,149	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Saidur Rahman	634	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Jatiya League (Sobhan)	Md. Abdur Radhid	357	0.2	N/A
	FP	Khandakar Sirajul Islam	235	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Md. Marfat Ali Master	157	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Khaled Hossain	153	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Muhammad Abdul Jabbar	125	0.1	N/A
Majority			24,283	12.5	−1.8
Turnout			194,740	84.9	+24.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Kushtia-2^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	Abdur Rouf Chowdhury	50,183	35.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Wahed	29,868	21.1
	JP(E)	Ahsan Habib Lincoln	24,615	17.4
	JSD	Hasanul Haq Inu	21,411	15.1
	AL	Md. Shafiul Islam	14,553	10.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Saidur Rahman	908	0.6
	FP	Md. Shakhawat Ibne Moin Chowdhury	134	0.1
Majority			20,315	14.3
Turnout			141,672	60.4
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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