Jhenaidah-2

Jhenaidah-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md. Nasser Shahrear Zahedee Mohul, of the Awami League.

Jhenaidah-2
Jhenaidah constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhenaidah District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	423,555 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Harinakunda Upazila and all but four union parishads of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila: Fursandi, Ghorshal, Moharajpur, and Naldanga.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Anwar Zahid	Jatiya Party[5][6]
	1988	Ashraful Abedin
	1991	Mashiur Rahman	BNP
	2008	Md. Shafiqul Islam	Awami League
	2014	Tahjib Alam Siddique	Independent
	2018		Awami League[1]
	2024	Nasser Shahrear Zahedee Mohul	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-2^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tahjib Alam Siddique	67,984	56.1	N/A
	AL	Md. Shafiqul Islam	51,244	42.3	−9.3
	BNF	Md. Mominul Islam	1,858	1.5	N/A
Majority			16,740	13.8	+9.2
Turnout			121,086	32.0	−59.4
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-2^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Shafiqul Islam	161,062	51.6	+7.4
	BNP	Mashiur Rahaman	146,736	47.1	+2.9
	IAB	Md. Sharafhat Hossain Joarder	3,495	1.1	N/A
	PDP	Md. Mijanur Rahaman	361	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mrs. Rehena Akhter Hira	188	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,326	4.6	−5.6
Turnout			311,842	91.4	+5.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	144,951	54.4	+13.5
	AL	Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui	117,706	44.2	+10.4
	IJOF	Md. Jalal Uddin Ahmmed	3,245	1.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Tahera Begum Jali	206	0.1	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Rezaul Karim	110	0.0	N/A
Majority			27,245	10.2	+3.1
Turnout			266,218	85.7	+1.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Jhenaidah-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	83,967	40.9	−6.4
	AL	Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui	69,353	33.8	+10.2
	JI	Nur Mohammad	41,247	20.1	−1.0
	JP(E)	Md. Mosharraf Hossain Mosa	8,411	4.1	−0.8
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Arif Billah	1,237	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abu Taleb	896	0.4	−1.6
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Tahera Begum Jali	130	0.1	N/A
	FP	Anwarul Karim	41	0.0	−0.1
Majority			14,614	7.1	−16.6
Turnout			205,282	84.4	+18.4
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mashiur Rahman	76,001	47.3
	AL	Motiar Rahman	37,923	23.6
	JI	Md. Abul Kashem	33,975	21.1
	JP(E)	Ashraful Abedin	7,912	4.9
	Zaker Party	K. M. Zahangir Mazmadar	3,166	2.0
	BKA	Hatem Ali	1,455	0.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shafiur Rahman	169	0.1
	FP	Anwarul Karim	89	0.1
	UCL	Md. Abdul Matin Miah	57	0.0
Majority			38,078	23.7
Turnout			160,747	66.0
	BNP gain from JP(E)