Dhaka-2

Dhaka-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Dhaka-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	494,346 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 174 Dhaka-1 176 Dhaka-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 55 through 57; one union parishad of Kamrangirchar and Hazaribagh thanas: Sultanganj; seven union parishads of Keraniganj Upazila: Basta, Hazratpur, Kalatia, Kalindi, Ruhitpur, Sakta, and Taranagar; and three union parishads of Savar Upazila: Amin Bazar, Bhakurta, and Tetuljhora.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Moslem Uddin Khan	Awami League[6]
	1979	Abdul Halim Chowdhury	BNP[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Burhan Uddin Khan	Awami League[8]
	1988		Jatiya Party[9]
	1991	Abdul Mannan	BNP
	2008	Qamrul Islam	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Qamrul Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-2^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Qamrul Islam	180,172	57.0	+8.3
	BNP	Md. Matiur Rahman	124,600	39.4	−11.1
	IAB	Ruhul Amin	4,831	1.5	N/A
	BTF	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	2,017	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Josim Uddin	1,971	0.6	N/A
	BKA	Md. Habibullah	1,787	0.6	N/A
	BDB	Fazlul Haque	352	0.1	N/A
	Gano Front	Hammed Ali Sheikh	248	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Mubinul Haque	187	0.1	N/A
Majority			55,572	17.6	+15.8
Turnout			316,165	83.6	+5.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-2^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan	70,958	50.5	+3.5
	AL	Mohammad Noor Ali	68,414	48.7	+17.0
	IJOF	M. R. Haroon	906	0.6	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Matiur Rahman	211	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,544	1.8	−13.4
Turnout			140,489	78.5	−1.1
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-2^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan	50,818	47.0	+5.2
	AL	A. Baten Mian	34,344	31.7	N/A
	JP(E)	A. K. M. Abdul Halim	20,492	18.9	+4.6
	JI	Minhaz Uddin	1,565	1.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Kazi Ferdous	503	0.5	−1.9
	WPB	Khandokar Ali Abbas	221	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Nur Mohammed Sharifi	153	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Sudhir Kumar Hazra	62	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Dewan Kamal Anwar	26	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,474	15.2	+5.6
Turnout			108,184	79.6	+22.2
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Dhaka-2^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan	37,415	41.8
	BAKSAL	Azizur Rahman	28,820	32.2
	JP(E)	Sudhir Kumar Hazra	12,778	14.3
	UCL	Siraj Uddin Ahmed	7,284	8.1
	Zaker Party	Arshed Gazi	2,135	2.4
	Independent	Dewan Mintu	429	0.5
	Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti Dal	Siraj Uddin	302	0.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nazirul Islam	182	0.2
	Independent	Abu Md. Subid Ali	61	0.1
Majority			8,595	9.6
Turnout			89,406	57.4
	BNP gain from AL