Pabna-2

Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahmed Firoz Kabir of the Awami League.

Pabna-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pabna District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	300,789 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 68 Pabna-1 70 Pabna-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and Bera Upazila.^[2][3][4]

History

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

Ahead of the 2026 genaral election, the Election Commission decided to expand the boundaries of the constituency to include Bera Municipality, and four union parishads of Bera Upazila: Chakla, Haturia Nakalia, Kytola, and Nutan Bharenga.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Syed Haider Ali	Awami League[6]
	1979	M. A. Matin	BNP[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mokbul Hossain	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Osman Ghani Khan	BNP
	Feb 1996	A K M Selim Reza Habib
	Jun 1996	Ahmed Tafiz Uddin	Awami League
	1998 by-election	Abdul Karim Khandker
	2001	A K M Selim Reza Habib	BNP
	2008	Abdul Karim Khandker	Awami League
	2014	Azizul Huq Arzu
	2018	Ahmed Firoz Kabir

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Azizul Huq Arzu was 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: Pabna-2^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	A. K. Khandker	116,730	55.1	+8.6
	BNP	A K M Selim Reza Habib	95,000	44.9	−8.0
Majority			21,730	10.3	+4.0
Turnout			211,730	90.1	+11.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Pabna-2^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A K M Selim Reza Habib	97,704	52.9	+6.0
	AL	Mirza Abdul Jalil	86,013	46.5	−1.5
	IJOF	Md. Nurul Islam	1,010	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Masud Ahmed	125	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,691	6.3	+5.2
Turnout			184,852	78.4	−4.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.^[14]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ahmed Tafiz Uddin	67,250	48.0	+8.5
	BNP	A K M Selim Reza Habib	65,745	46.9	−8.4
	JI	Md. Hatem Ali	3,979	2.8	N/A
	JP(E)	Mokbul Hossain	2,451	1.7	+1.0
	Zaker Party	Md. A. Wahab	424	0.3	−2.1
	Independent	Khandakar Golam Mortuza	177	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ferdous Alam Khan	159	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,505	1.1	−14.8
Turnout			140,185	82.7	+24.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Pabna-2^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Osman Ghani Khan	67,431	55.3
	AL	Ahmed Tafiz Uddin	48,086	39.5
	Zaker Party	Md. A. Wahab	2,938	2.4
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Ronesh Moitra	1,050	0.9
	JP(E)	Mokbul Hossain	908	0.7
	Independent	Md. Hasan Monjur	882	0.7
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Saudur Rahman	445	0.4
	NDP	Khandakar Golam Mortuza	100	0.1
Majority			19,345	15.9
Turnout			121,840	58.6
	BNP gain from JP(E)