{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Chuadanga-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = চুয়াডাঙ্গা-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Chuadanga District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 415,027 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Chuadanga-1|79 Chuadanga-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Jhenaidah-1|81 Jhenaidah-1]] →}} }} '''Chuadanga-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Md. Ruhul Amin (chuadanga politician)|Md. Ruhul Amin]] is the incumbent member of Parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Damurhuda Upazila|Damurhuda]] and [[Jibannagar Upazila|Jibannagar]] upazilas, and four [[Union Parishad|union parishads]] of [[Chuadanga Sadar Upazila]]: [[Begumpur Union|Begumpur]], [[Nehalpur Union|Nehalpur]], [[Garaitupi Union|Garaitupi]] and [[Titudah Union]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Kushtia constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: [[Meherpur District|Meherpur]], [[Kushtia District|Kushtia]], and [[Chuadanga District|Chuadanga]].<ref name="Chakrabarti2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mirza Sultan Raja]] | [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)|JaSaD (Siraj)]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Habibur Rahman (Chuadanga politician)|Habibur Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Habibur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Maulana Habibur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=List of 5th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2018|access-date=2 April 2020|website=[[Jatiya Sangsad]]}}</ref> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Mozammel Haque (politician, born 1928)|Mozammel Haque]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Mozammel Haque (politician, born 1928)|Mozammel Haque]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Md. Ali Azgar]] | rowspan="4" | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Md. Ali Azgar]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Md. Ali Azgar]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Md. Ali Azgar]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Chuadanga-2<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Ali Azgar]] |votes = 118,385 |percentage = 93.6 |change = +42.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Sirazul Islam Sheikh |votes = 8,030 |percentage = 6.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 110,355 |percentage = 87.3 |change = -5.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 126,415 |percentage = 34.3 |change = -58.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chuadanga-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Ali Azgar]] |votes = 156,323 |percentage = 51.3 |change = +9.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Maulana Habibur Rahman]] |votes = 143,418 |percentage = 47.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Latif Khan |votes = 5,216 |percentage = 1.7 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,905 |percentage = 4.2 |change = -11.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 304,957 |percentage = 92.7 |change = +3.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Chuadanga-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mozammel Haque (politician, born 1928)|Mozammel Haque]] |votes = 146,548 |percentage = 57.0 |change = +23.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mirza Sultana Raja]] |votes = 107,050 |percentage = 41.6 |change = +8.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Nabi Chowdhury |votes = 2,744 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Shahidul Islam |votes = 957 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 39,498 |percentage = 15.4 |change = +14.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 257,299 |percentage = 89.1 |change = +3.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chuadanga-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mozammel Haque (politician, born 1928)|Mozammel Haque]] |votes = 64,755 |percentage = 33.3 |change = +3.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mirza Sultan Raja]] |votes = 63,732 |percentage = 32.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Maulana Habibur Rahman]] |votes = 48,944 |percentage = 25.2 |change = -11.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Habibur Rahman Hobby |votes = 11,187 |percentage = 5.8 |change = -2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Nabi Chowdhury |votes = 2,324 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = A. Mannan |votes = 1,872 |percentage = 1.0 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Amir Hossain |votes = 1,397 |percentage = 0.7 |change = +0.3 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,023 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -6.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 194,211 |percentage = 85.3 |change = +21.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chuadanga-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Maulana Habibur Rahman]] |votes = 49,688 |percentage = 36.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mozammel Haque (politician, born 1928)|Mozammel Haque]] |votes = 40,020 |percentage = 29.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatia Mukti Dal |candidate = [[Mirza Sultan Raza]] |votes = 25,470 |percentage = 18.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Habibur Rahman Hobby |votes = 10,788 |percentage = 8.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Saidur Rahman |votes = 5,832 |percentage = 4.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shahidul Islam |votes = 2,478 |percentage = 1.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Nabis Uddin |votes = 629 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = A. Mannan |votes = 493 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Yunus Ali |votes = 273 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,668 |percentage = 7.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 135,671 |percentage = 64.0 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Chuadanga-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chuadanga-2&d=khulna |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]] |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]] |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="Chakrabarti2013">{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Kunal |last2=Chakrabarti |first2=Shubhra |title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 |date=2013 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |page=269 |isbn=978-0-8108-8024-5}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Parliament]] |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Parliament]] |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Chuadanga-2 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=80 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221805/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=80 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=071&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Amar Desh]] |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212142201/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=071&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]] |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=80 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002225/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=80 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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