{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Magura-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = মাগুরা-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Magura District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 416,634 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Magura-1|91 Magura-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Narail-1|93 Narail-1]] →}} }} '''Magura-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Mohammadpur Upazila|Mohammadpur]] and [[Shalikha Upazila|Shalikha]] upazilas, as well as four [[union parishad]]s of [[Magura Sadar Upazila]]: Birail Palita, Gopalgram, Kuchiamora, and Satrujitpur integrating these areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Jessore-10 constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah]], [[Jessore District|Jessore]], [[Magura District|Magura]], and [[Narail District|Narail]].<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]] | [[Mohammad Asaduzzaman (politician)|Mohammad Asaduzzaman]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mohammad Asaduzzaman (politician)|Mohammad Asaduzzaman]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 1994 by-election | [[Quazi Kamal]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Biren Sikder]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Quazi Kamal]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="4" | [[Biren Sikder]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Magura-2<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b672124f34914b4e55e2b|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] |votes=147,896 |percentage=51.44 |change=+4.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Mustarshed Billah |votes=117,018 |percentage=40.70 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Mostafa Kamal |votes=16,223 |percentage=5.64 |change=+1.14 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Mashiar Rahman |votes=2,947 |percentage=1.03 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority | votes = 30,878 | percentage = 10.74 | change = +8.44 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 287,487 | percentage = 69.00 | change = −22.20 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 416,634 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Magura-2<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Biren Sikder]] |votes = 71,857 |percentage = 68.5 |change = +19.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Mannan |votes = 32,571 |percentage = 31.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Front |candidate = Firoza |votes = 504 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 39,286 |percentage = 37.4 |change = +35.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 104,932 |percentage = 35.9 |change = -55.3 }} {{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]]: Magura-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Biren Sikder]] |votes = 115,275 |percentage = 48.9 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] |votes = 109,808 |percentage = 46.6 |change = -3.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Mostafa Kamal |votes = 10,665 |percentage = 4.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,467 |percentage = 2.3 |change = -2.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 235,748 |percentage = 91.2 |change = +5.6 }} {{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]]: Magura-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Quazi Kamal]] |votes = 106,741 |percentage = 50.4 |change = +16.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Shafiquzzaman Bacchu |votes = 96,314 |percentage = 45.5 |change = +5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Rokunuzzaman Khan |votes = 8,239 |percentage = 3.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Akkas Hossain Molla |votes = 313 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mosa. Selina Khatum |votes = 160 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,427 |percentage = 4.9 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 211,767 |percentage = 85.6 |change = +1.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Magura-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Biren Sikder]] |votes = 64,218 |percentage = 39.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Quazi Kamal]] |votes = 55,204 |percentage = 34.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] |votes = 26,878 |percentage = 16.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Golam Akbar |votes = 10,575 |percentage = 6.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Mahabubur Rahman |votes = 2,689 |percentage = 1.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Sheikh Nur Ahmed |votes = 678 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Saat Dalya Jote (Mirpur) |candidate = Khandakar Monir Ali |votes = 287 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Atiar Rahman |votes = 183 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abul Kasem Mridha |votes = 125 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Md. Akkas Hossain |votes = 94 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Khaer Ali |votes = 82 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,014 |percentage = 5.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 161,013 |percentage = 84.3 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Mohammad Asaduzzaman died in office. Quazi Kamal of the BNP was elected in a March 1994 by-election.<ref name="isda" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Magura-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammad Asaduzzaman (politician)|Mohammad Asaduzzaman]] |votes = 61,067 |percentage = 43.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Majid-ul-Haq]] |votes = 32,266 |percentage = 23.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Golam Akbar |votes = 20,274 |percentage = 14.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Nitai Roy Chowdhury]] |votes = 18,301 |percentage = 13.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Golam Rahman |votes = 4,359 |percentage = 3.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kawsar Uddin Biswas |votes = 3,021 |percentage = 2.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Abul Kasem Mridha |votes = 360 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Hafizur Rahman |votes = 310 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,801 |percentage = 20.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 139,958 |percentage = 68.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |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://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhinaidaha.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185628/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhinaidaha.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-13}}</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 |title=Magura-2 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=92 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112308/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=92 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=126 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Magura-2 |website=AmarMP |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510030917/https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=126 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=091&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=92 |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/20081229002733/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=92 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="isda">{{cite journal |date=1994 |title=BNP Wins Magura Parliamentary Byelection |journal=IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean |volume=27 |publisher=[[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]] |pages=156–157}}</ref> </references>
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