{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Joypurhat-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = জয়পুরহাট-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Joypurhat District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 351,572 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Joypurhat-1|34 Joypurhat-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Bogra-1|36 Bogra-1]] →}} }} '''Joypurhat-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 13th February, 2026, this constituency is represented by [[Md. Abdul Bari (Joypurhat politician)|Md. Abdul Bari]], a member of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Akkelpur Upazila|Akkelpur]], [[Kalai Upazila|Kalai]] and [[Khetlal Upazila|Khetlal]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bogra constituency when the former Bogra District was split into two districts: [[Bogra District|Bogra]] and [[Joypurhat District|Joypurhat]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Md. Abdur Razzak Akand]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Kazi Rabbi Hasan|Kazi Rabbiul Hasan]] | Combined Opposition Party<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Golam Mostafa]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon]] | [[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Md. Abdul Bari (Joypurhat politician)|Md. Abdul Bari]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Joypurhat-2<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b671824f34914b4e55e27|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Md. Abdul Bari |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Amar Bangladesh Party |candidate=S. A. Zahid |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=SM Rashedul Alam |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon was 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]]: Joypurhat-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Golam Mostafa]] |votes = 116,881 |percentage = 50.4 |change = -7.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon]] |votes = 113,721 |percentage = 49.0 |change = +9.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md Sha Zaman Talukder |votes = 839 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Aziz Molla |votes = 687 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,160 |percentage = 1.4 |change = -16.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 232,008 |percentage = 92.4 |change = +5.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Joypurhat-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman]] |votes = 113,290 |percentage = 57.5 |change = +9.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Mir Jalalur Rahman |votes = 77,508 |percentage = 39.3 |change = +14.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Abu Syed Md. Nurulla |votes = 5,394 |percentage = 2.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Md. Shahjaman Tang |votes = 580 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Mu. Zalilur Rahman Zillu |votes = 340 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 35,782 |percentage = 18.2 |change = -5.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 197,112 |percentage = 86.8 |change = +3.5 }} {{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]]: Joypurhat-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman]] |votes = 76,857 |percentage = 47.9 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Mir Zalalur Rahman |votes = 39,267 |percentage = 24.5 |change = -3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Rabbi Hasan]] |votes = 28,754 |percentage = 17.9 |change = +15.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Kamal Uddin |votes = 14,850 |percentage = 9.3 |change = -8.6 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = S. M. Khokon Chowdhury |votes = 414 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Tejesh Chandra |votes = 313 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 37,590 |percentage = 23.4 |change = +0.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 160,455 |percentage = 83.3 |change = +18.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Joypurhat-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abu Yusuf Mohammad Khalilur Rahman]] |votes = 59,692 |percentage = 50.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Abdur Razzak Akand]] |votes = 33,071 |percentage = 28.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Nuruzzaman Sarkar |votes = 21,133 |percentage = 17.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Rabbi Hasan]] |votes = 2,355 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Reshadur Rahman |votes = 692 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Nizam-e-Islam Party |candidate = Md. Abul Kasem Mondol |votes = 503 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = S. M. Khokon Chowdhury |votes = 466 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abdul Momen Fakir |votes = 263 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam |votes = 107 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,621 |percentage = 22.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 118,282 |percentage = 64.6 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references>
<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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Joypurhat.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Joypurhat |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=30 March 2018}}</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=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=31&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="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=35 |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/20081228235337/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=35 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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