Sunamganj-2

Sunamganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Joya Sengupta, elected as Independent politician in 2024.

Sunamganj-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sunamganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	250,721 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Vacant
Member(s)	Vacant
← 224 Sunamganj-1 226 Sunamganj-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Derai and Sullah upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-2 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Suranjit Sengupta	Ganatantri Party[5]
	1988	Golam Jilani Chowdhury	[6]
	1991	Suranjit Sengupta	Ganatantri Party
	Feb 1996	Mifta Uddin Chowdhury Rumi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	Jun 1996	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	Suranjit Sengupta	Awami League
	2017 by-election	Joya Sengupta	Awami League
	2024		Independent

Elections

Suranjit Sengupta died in February 2017. Joya Sengupta, his widow, was elected in a March 2017 by-election.^[8]

Sunamganj-2 by-election, 2017^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Joya Sengupta	95,959	69.5	N/A
	Independent	Sayed Ali Mahbub Hossain	42,156	30.5	N/A
Majority			53,803	39.0	+28.8
Turnout			138,115	54.7	−33.4
	AL hold

Suranjit Sengupta was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-2^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	95,593	55.1	N/A
	BNP	Md. Nasir Chowdhury	77,889	44.9	+0.7
Majority			17,704	10.2	−0.6
Turnout			173,482	88.1	+8.3
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-2^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	82,839	55.0	+6.7
	BNP	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	66,558	44.2	+42.7
	IJOF	Sheikh Jahir Ali	1,185	0.8	N/A
Majority			16,281	10.8	+10.4
Turnout			150,582	79.8	−3.6
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-2^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Nasir Uddin Chowdhury	59,000	48.7	+12.7
	AL	Suranjit Sengupta	58,496	48.3	N/A
	BNP	Jahir Ahmed	1,868	1.5	0.0
	JI	Md. Abdul Mannan	1,104	0.9	N/A
	CPB	Probangsu Chowdhury	560	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Muhitur Rahman Chowdhury	164	0.1	N/A
Majority			504	0.4	−13.8
Turnout			121,192	83.4	+20.0
	JP(E) gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sunamganj-2^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ganatantri Party	Suranjit Sengupta	58,580	58.4
	JP(E)	Dobirul Islam Chowdhury	36,067	36.0
	Independent	Zahir Ahmed	3,556	3.6
	BNP	Rana Hasan Chowdhury	1,532	1.5
	Independent	Motiur Rahman	328	0.3
	Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal	Md. Fazlul Haq	231	0.2
Majority			22,513	14.2
Turnout			100,294	63.4
	Ganatantri Party gain from