Patuakhali-2

Patuakhali-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by ASM Feroz of the Awami League.

Patuakhali-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Patuakhali District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	251,873 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 111 Patuakhali-1 113 Patuakhali-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bauphal Upazila.^[2]

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.^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Kamalapur and Lohalia.^[5][2][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shahjada Abdul Malek Khan	Awami League[7][8]
	1979	Siddiqur Rahman
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	ASM Feroz	Independent[9]
	1988	Md. Ruhul Amin	Jatiya Party[10]
	1991	ASM Feroz	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Yaqub Ali Sharif	BNP
	Jun 1996	ASM Feroz	Awami League
	2001	Shahidul Alam Talukder	BNP
	2008	ASM Feroz	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

ASM Feroz was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Patuakhali-2^[5][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ASM Feroz	98,303	54.8	+19.0
	BNP	A.K.M. Faruque Ahmed Talukder	58,258	32.5	−14.8
	Independent	A.S.M. Firoz Alam	12,122	6.8	N/A
	IAB	Abu Zafor Ahamdullah	10,287	5.7	N/A
	BTF	Mohammad Rafiqul Islam	439	0.2	N/A
Majority			40,045	22.3	+15.4
Turnout			179,409	83.6	+18.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Patuakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Shahidul Alam Talukder	69,735	47.3	+0.9
	AL	ASM Feroz	52,804	35.8	−10.6
	IJOF	Faruque Talukder	24,720	16.8	N/A
	CPB	Md. Shahabuddin Ahmmed	175	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shah Alam Mridha	107	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,931	6.9	+6.9
Turnout			147,541	65.1	−4.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Patuakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ASM Feroz	45,937	46.4	+1.0
	BNP	Shahidul Alam Talukder	45,913	46.4	+38.4
	IOJ	Akther Faruk	4,180	4.2	−4.5
	JI	Md. Fokruddin Khan Razi	1,680	1.7	−0.3
	JP(E)	Md. Ruhul Amin	393	0.4	−1.6
	FP	Shahadat Hossoin Khan	247	0.2	0.0
	Zaker Party	Kazi Abdul Khaleq	208	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Begum Tahmina	204	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Moslem Uddin	145	0.1	N/A
Majority			24	0.0	−22.6
Turnout			98,907	69.4	+27.7
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Patuakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ASM Feroz	40,202	45.4
	Independent	Abu Zafar Khan	20,221	22.8
	IOJ	Akter Farooq	7,713	8.7
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Syed Ashraf Hossain	7,431	8.4
	BNP	Syed Ahmad Miah	7,050	8.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Kuddus Rahman	2,012	2.3
	JI	Md. A. Gani	1,799	2.0
	JP(E)	Md. Ruhul Amin	1,743	2.0
	FP	Nurul Islam Miah	218	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Miah Md. Lutfor Rahman Ansari	127	0.1
Majority			19,981	22.6
Turnout			88,516	41.7
	AL gain from JP(E)