{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Update|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Jhalokati-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঝালকাঠি-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Jhalokati District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Barisal Division]] | population = | electorate = 290,404 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Jhalokati-1|125 Jhalokati-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Pirojpur-1|127 Pirojpur-1]] →}} }} '''Jhalokati-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Jhalokati Sadar Upazila|Jhalokati Sadar]] and [[Nalchity Upazila|Nalchity]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" /> It is known as the centre point and trade body for the entire division as it consists of the most efficient routes connecting to all districts of the division.
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former [[Backergunge District|Bakerganj District]] was split into four districts: [[Bhola District|Bhola]], [[Barisal District|Bakerganj]], [[Jhalokati District|Jhalokati]], and [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur]].
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Zulfiker Ali Bhutto (Bangladeshi politician)|Zulfiker Ali Bhutto]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Gazi Aziz Ferdous]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Zulfiker Ali Bhutto (Bangladeshi politician)|Zulfiker Ali Bhutto]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2000 by-election |[[Amir Hossain Amu]] |[[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Amir Hossain Amu]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Commission |url=http://103.183.38.66:81/}}</ref> === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Jhalokati-2<ref name="maps" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto]] |votes = 113,419 |percentage = 53.45 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[S M Neamul Karim]] |votes = 70,756 |percentage = 33.34 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Sirazul Islam Sirazi |votes = 24,543 |percentage = 11.56 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 42,663 |percentage = 20.11 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 216,030 |percentage = 59.12 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BSS |url=https://www.bssnews.net/bangla/national-parlament-election-2026/282938}}</ref>
=== Elections in the 2010s === Amir Hossain Amu 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]]: Jhalokati-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Amir Hossain Amu]] |votes = 104,444 |percentage = 56.5 |change = +21.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto]] |votes = 73,851 |percentage = 40.0 |change = -18.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Muhammad Fokrul Islam |votes = 6,407 |percentage = 3.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 30,593 |percentage = 16.6 |change = -7.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 184,702 |percentage = 84.4 |change = +18.8 }} {{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]]: Jhalokati-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto]] |votes = 92,116 |percentage = 58.5 |change = +28.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Amir Hossain Amu]] |votes = 54,378 |percentage = 34.6 |change = +9.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Syed Md. Anowar Hossain |votes = 10,164 |percentage = 6.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Dulal Saha |votes = 234 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abdul Mannan |votes = 135 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Moazzem Hussain |votes = 101 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Abu Syed Molla |votes = 81 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Majibur Rahman |votes = 70 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Gazi Aziz Ferdous]] |votes = 61 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 37,738 |percentage = 24.0 |change = +17.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 157,340 |percentage = 65.5 |change = -9.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Zulfiker Ali Bhutto died in May 2000,<ref name="ds27May2006" /> his widow, Amir Hossain Amu was elected in a July 2000 by-election, defeating Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto.
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Jhalokati-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Zulfiker Ali Bhutto (Bangladeshi politician)|Zulfiker Ali Bhutto]] |votes = 47,050 |percentage = 37.0 |change = +9.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gazi Aziz Ferdous]] |votes = 38,523 |percentage = 30.3 |change = -6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Saeed Anwar Hossain |votes = 32,245 |percentage = 25.4 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Golam Mostofa Khan |votes = 5,786 |percentage = 4.6 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Haider Hossain |votes = 1,684 |percentage = 1.3 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan |candidate = Ali Azim Khan |votes = 826 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = S. M. Fazlul Haque |votes = 374 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abdul Mannan |votes = 291 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mozammel Hossain |votes = 229 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = A. K. M. Golam Rabbani |votes = 30 |percentage = 0.0 |change = -0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,527 |percentage = 6.7 |change = -2.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 127,038 |percentage = 74.8 |change = +30.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Jhalokati-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gazi Aziz Ferdous]] |votes = 43,673 |percentage = 36.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Zulfiker Ali Bhutto (Bangladeshi politician)|Zulfiker Ali Bhutto]] |votes = 32,639 |percentage = 27.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Amir Hossain Amu]] |votes = 30,808 |percentage = 25.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Syed Md. Mosaddeque Millah |votes = 4,715 |percentage = 3.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Haider Hossain |votes = 2,507 |percentage = 2.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Faruk Ahmed |votes = 1,897 |percentage = 1.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Biplobi Front |candidate = Altaf Hossain Mollah |votes = 860 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. Aziz |votes = 630 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Abu Bakar Siddique |votes = 599 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mostafizur Rahman |votes = 474 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Akkas H Sarker |votes = 405 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kari Md. Shahjahan |votes = 291 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = A. S. M. Isha |votes = 268 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Lutfar Rahman |votes = 116 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,034 |percentage = 9.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 119,882 |percentage = 44.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Jhalokathi-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jhalokathi-2&d=barishal |work=The Daily Star |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="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}}</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=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025402/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=121&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=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092319/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&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=128 |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=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000444/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=128 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ds27May2006">{{cite news |title=Lawmaker sued for 'killing' husband |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/05/27/d605270704102.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=27 May 2006 |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-date=1 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401212645/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/05/27/d605270704102.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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