{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Meherpur-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = মেহেরপুর-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Meherpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 226,288 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Meherpur-1|73 Meherpur-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Kushtia-1|75 Kushtia-1]] →}} }} '''Meherpur-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[Md. Nazmul Huda (Meherpur politician)|Md. Nazmul Huda]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Gangni Upazila]].<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|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohammad Nurul Haque]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Freedom Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Bazlul Huda]] | [[Bangladesh Freedom Party|Freedom Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abdul Gani (Meherpur politician)|Abdul Gani]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Abdul Gani (Meherpur politician)|Abdul Gani]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Amzad Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Amzad Hossain]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Mohammad Shahiduzzaman]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Huq]] |- | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Md. Nazmul Huda (Meherpur politician)|Md. Nazmul Huda]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Meherpur-2<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 46,770 |percentage = 55.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = MA Khaleque |votes = 36,489 |percentage = 43.1 |change = -6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Abdul Halim |votes = 1,323 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,281 |percentage = 12.2 |change = +10.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 84,582 |percentage = 40.6 |change = -52.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Meherpur-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amzad Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Amzad Hossain]] |votes = 86,768 |percentage = 50.6 |change = -4.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 84,279 |percentage = 49.2 |change = +6.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Amir Uddin Ahmmed |votes = 345 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,489 |percentage = 1.5 |change = -11.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 171,392 |percentage = 93.1 |change = +5.0 }} {{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]]: Meherpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Gani (Meherpur politician)|Abdul Gani]] |votes = 86,750 |percentage = 55.5 |change = +27.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 66,322 |percentage = 42.4 |change = +40.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Mohsin Ali |votes = 3,122 |percentage = 2.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Abdul Halim |votes = 202 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 20,428 |percentage = 13.1 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 156,396 |percentage = 88.1 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Independent (politician) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Meherpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Meherpur politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 45,820 |percentage = 38.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Gani (Meherpur politician)|Abdul Gani]] |votes = 33,861 |percentage = 28.2 |change = -3.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Kader |votes = 22,590 |percentage = 18.8 |change = -4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = [[Bazlul Huda]] |votes = 9,987 |percentage = 8.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Mohsin Ali |votes = 3,431 |percentage = 2.9 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Shohidul Islam |votes = 2,119 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Hisab Uddin |votes = 1,771 |percentage = 1.5 |change = -28.6 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Afzalul Haque |votes = 334 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Harun-Ar-Radhid |votes = 108 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,959 |percentage = 10.0 |change = +8.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 120,021 |percentage = 86.1 |change = +12.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Meherpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Gani (Meherpur politician)|Abdul Gani]] |votes = 29,649 |percentage = 31.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Hisab Uddin |votes = 28,474 |percentage = 30.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abdul Kader |votes = 22,100 |percentage = 23.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh United Communist League |candidate = Jalal Uddin |votes = 9,770 |percentage = 10.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Jalal Uddin |votes = 3,250 |percentage = 3.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Afzalul Haque |votes = 811 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abul Hussein Molla |votes = 475 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,175 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 94,529 |percentage = 74.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Meherpur-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Meherpur-2&d=khulna |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="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}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Meherpur-2 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=74 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084932/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=74 |archive-date=6 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=108 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Meherpur-2 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018}}</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}}</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=74 |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=74 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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