Khulna-2 Explained

Khulna-2
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Khulna District
Region Label:Division
Region:Khulna Division
Electorate:294,116 (2018)
Year:1973

Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas.

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.

In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Sheikh Abdur RahmanAwami League
1979Abu Saleh Md. Mustafizur RahmanBNP
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mohammad MohsinJatiya Party
1988Mia Musa Hossain
1991Sheikh Razzak AliBNP
Nov 2001 by-electionAli Asgar Lobi
2008Nazrul Islam Manju
2014Mohammad Mizanur RahmanAwami League
2018Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

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.

Elections in the 1990s

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