Sylhet-2

Sylhet-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has remained vacant.

Sylhet-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sylhet District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	286,586 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Member	vacant
← 229 Sylhet-1 231 Sylhet-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bishwanath and Osmani Nagar upazilas.^[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 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included three union parishads of Balaganj Upazila: Dewan Bazar, Paschim Gauripur, and Purba Gauripur, but did not include Osmani Nagar Upazila.^[5][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdus Samad Azad	Awami League[7]
	1979	Suranjit Sengupta	Jatiya Ekata Party[8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Enamul Haque Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[9]
	1988	Maqsood Ebne Aziz Lama	Jatiya Party[10]
	Feb 1996	Ilias Ali	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Shah Azizur Rahman	Awami League
	2001	Ilias Ali	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury	Awami League
	2014	Yahya Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Mokabbir Khan	Gano Forum[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Moulvibazar-2^[11]

Party		Symbol	Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Gano Forum	Rising sun	Mokabbir Khan	69,420	46.85	N/A
	Independent	Green coconut	Muhibur Rahman	30,449	20.55	N/A
	Independent	Lion	Enamul Haque Sardar	20,745	14.00	N/A
	JaPa(E)	Plough	Md. Yahya Chowdhury	18,032	12.17	N/A
	KM	Wall clock	Muhammad Muntasir Ali	5,171	3.49	N/A
	IAB	Hand fan	Md. Amir Uddin	1,740	1.17	N/A
	Independent	Car	Mohammad Abdur Rab	1,170	0.79	N/A
	NPP(S)	Mango	Md. Manowar Hussain	1,156	0.78	N/A
	BNF	Television	Md. Moshahid Khan	305	0.21	N/A
Valid votes				148,188	98.88
Invalid votes				1,685	1.12
Total votes				149,873	100.0
Registered voters/turnout				286,586	52.30	47.10
Majority				38,971	26.30	−20.64
	Gano Forum gain from JaPa(E)			Swing

General Election 2014: Sylhet-2^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Yahya Chowdhury	48,157	73.5	N/A
	Independent	Muhibur Rahman	17,389	26.5	N/A
Majority			30,768	46.9	+45.4
Turnout			65,546	23.1	−64.0
	JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sylhet-2^[5][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury	109,356	50.3	+21.2
	BNP	Ilias Ali	106,040	48.8	N/A
	BIF	Md. Ahmad Ali Halily	595	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mokulisur Rahaman	530	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Mahabubur Rahaman Chowdhury	525	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Abdur Rahman	391	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,316	1.5	−23.9
Turnout			217,437	87.1	+14.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sylhet-2^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ilias Ali	103,460	54.5	+25.2
	AL	Shah Azizur Rahman	55,291	29.1	−3.0
	IJOF	Muhibur Rahman	27,905	14.7	N/A
	Independent	Azizun Nesa	1,782	0.9	N/A
	KSJL	Mahmad Ali	1,253	0.7	N/A
	Bangladesher Sammyabadi Dal (Marxbadi-Laninbadi)	Md. Afroz Ali	316	0.2	N/A
Majority			48,169	25.4	+22.9
Turnout			190,007	72.2	+7.2
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sylhet-2^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shah Azizur Rahman	42,266	32.1	N/A
	JP(E)	Mohsud Ebne Aziz Lama	39,044	29.7	−10.4
	BNP	Ilias Ali	38,473	29.3	N/A
	JI	Abdul Hannan	6,382	4.9	+0.2
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Sheikh Mou Md. A Shahid	2,705	2.1	+1.0
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Nurul Islam Khan	1,139	0.9	N/A
	Sammilita Sangram Parishad	A. F. M. Abdul Qayum	1,028	0.8	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Moinul Islam	267	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Gias Uddin Ahmed	193	0.1	N/A
Majority			3,222	2.5	−14.9
Turnout			131,497	65.0	+25.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Sylhet-2^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Mohsud Ebne Aziz Lama	39,015	40.1
	BAKSAL	Md. Lutfor Rahman	22,087	22.7
	Independent	Muhibur Rahman	12,312	12.7
	BNP	MA Haq	8,493	8.7
	Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot	Nurul Islam Khan	7,007	7.2
	JI	Lutfor Rahman Jaigirdar	4,542	4.7
	Jatiya Janata Party (Ashraf)	Md. Ashraf Ali	1,139	1.2
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Md. Abdul Matin	1,103	1.1
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Khondokar Farid Uddin Ahmed	813	0.8
	WPB	Md. Nurhossain Chowdhury	357	0.4
	Independent	Sattar Miah	243	0.2
	Independent	Inamul Haq Chowdhury	154	0.2
Majority			16,928	17.4
Turnout			97,265	39.3
	JP(E) hold