{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Gazipur-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = গাজীপুর-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Gazipur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 804,333 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[M Manjurul Karim Roni]] | module = {{align|left|← [[Gazipur-1|194 Gazipur-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Gazipur-3|196 Gazipur-3]] →}} }} '''Gazipur-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[M Manjurul Karim Roni]] is the incumbent member of Parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses wards 19 through 39 and 43 through 57 of [[Gazipur City Corporation]], along with [[Gazipur Cantonment]], integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]], [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]], [[Gazipur District|Gazipur]], [[Narsingdi District|Narsingdi]], and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj]].
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-2.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !Election!!Member!!colspan=2 |Party |- | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> | [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]] | {{Full party name with color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}} |- | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[M. A. Mannan]] | {{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}} |- | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | rowspan=2 |[[Ahsanullah Master]] |{{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Awami League|rowspan=7}} |- |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- | 2004 by-election | rowspan=5 |[[Zahid Ahsan Russel]] |- |[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |- |[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[M Manjurul Karim Roni]] | {{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}} |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Gazipur-2<ref>{{cite web |title=গাজীপুর-১ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/195 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[M Manjurul Karim Roni]] |votes=188,606 |percentage=53.0 |change=+19.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=National Citizen Party |candidate=Ali Naser Khan |votes=140,950 |percentage=39.6 |change=+39.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Hanif Sarkar |votes=12,657 |percentage=3.6 |change=+2.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Md. Mahbub Alam |votes=4,125 |percentage=1.2 |change=-62.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 47,656 |percentage = 13.4 |change = -17.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 356,084 |percentage = 44.3 |change = -33.8 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 804,333 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Zahid Ahsan Russell was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Gazipur-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Zahid Ahsan Russell]] |votes = 264,710 |percentage = 64.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]] |votes = 139,278 |percentage = 33.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Kazi Md. Shakhowat Ullah |votes = 3,849 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Nazim Uddin Ahmed |votes = 1,281 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Ziaul Kabir |votes = 1,016 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Syed Abu Daoud Mosnabi Haidar |votes = 899 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Sheikh Md. Masudul Alam |votes = 246 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh |candidate = Mufti Nasir Uddin Khan |votes = 225 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdul Kaiyum |votes = 189 |percentage = 0.0 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 125,432 |percentage = 30.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 411,693 |percentage = 78.1 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
Ahsanullah Master was assassinated on 7 May 2004.<ref name="bbc7May2004" /> Zahid Ahsan Russell, his eldest son, was elected in an August by-election.<ref name="ds" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Gazipur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ahsanullah Master]] |votes = 159,125 |percentage = 42.7 |change = +5.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[M. A. Mannan]] |votes = 87,691 |percentage = 23.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]] |votes = 85,781 |percentage = 23.0 |change = -7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Kazi Mahmud Hasan |votes = 38,200 |percentage = 10.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Usman Ali |votes = 1,355 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Rafiqul Islam |votes = 280 |percentage = 0.1 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Md. Masudul Alam |votes = 269 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Sheikh A. Majid |votes = 250 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 71,434 |percentage = 19.2 |change = +18.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 372,951 |percentage = 69.0 |change = -6.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Gazipur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ahsanullah Master]] |votes = 94,732 |percentage = 37.0 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[M. A. Mannan]] |votes = 79,168 |percentage = 30.9 |change = -23.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]] |votes = 71,528 |percentage = 27.9 |change = +24.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abul Hasem |votes = 5,543 |percentage = 2.2 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Nur Hossain Nurani |votes = 1,343 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Hafiz Uddin Sarkar |votes = 1,175 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Shahajuddin Sarkar |votes = 692 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Osman Ali |votes = 538 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abu Bakar Siddique |votes = 378 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Ramjan Ali |votes = 291 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Samsunnahar Bhuiyan |votes = 263 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury |votes = 230 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Saru Mian |votes = 91 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Ataur Rahman |votes = 82 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nasir Uddin Sarkar |votes = 71 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Laiz Uddin Molla |votes = 62 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,564 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -16.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 256,187 |percentage = 75.9 |change = +14.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Gazipur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[M. A. Mannan]] |votes = 97,597 |percentage = 54.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = AKM Mojammel Haq |votes = 66,418 |percentage = 37.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Feroz Khah |votes = 6,444 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abu Sadek Md. Najibullah |votes = 3,098 |percentage = 1.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Hafiz Uddin Sarkar |votes = 2,404 |percentage = 1.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Osman Ali |votes = 1,675 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Nurul Anwar |votes = 769 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Azmat Ali |votes = 583 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Shihab Uddin |votes = 563 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 31,179 |percentage = 17.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 179,551 |percentage = 61.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{Reflist|1=30em|refs= <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="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</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 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</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}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=191&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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="bbc7May2004">{{cite news |title=Top Bangladeshi politician killed |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3693035.stm |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2004 |access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds">{{cite news |title=AL sweeps peaceful Gazipur by-polls |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/02/d4080201011.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=2 August 2004 |access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=194 |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/20081229001954/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=194 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
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