{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Pabna-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = পাবনা-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Pabna District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 300,789 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Pabna-1|68 Pabna-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Pabna-3|70 Pabna-3]] →}} }} '''Pabna-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Sujanagar Upazila]] and [[Bera Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=(নং-৬৫৫) ত্রয়োদশ জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন উপলক্ষ্যে জাতীয় সংসদের নির্বাচনি এলাকার সীমানার পুন:নির্ধারনি চূড়ান্ত তালিকা-২০২৫ প্রকাশ। |url=https://www.ecs.gov.bd/category/national-parliament-election}}</ref>
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026 general election]], the Election Commission decided to expand the boundaries of the constituency to include Bera Municipality, and four union parishads of Bera Upazila: Chakla, Haturia Nakalia, Kytola, and Nutan Bharenga.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deepto |first=Ahmed |date=2025-09-04 |title=EC finalises 300 constituency boundaries, redraws 46 seats |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/ec-finalises-300-constituency-boundaries-redraws-46-seats-3978746 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |+ ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] |[[Syed Haider Ali]] |[[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] |[[M. A. Matin (Pabna-2 politician)|M. A. Matin]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | |[[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] |[[Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-2 politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |[[Osman Ghani Khan]] | rowspan="2" |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[A K M Selim Reza Habib]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Ahmed Tafiz Uddin]] | rowspan="2" |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |1998 by-election |[[A. K. Khandker|Abdul Karim Khandker]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[A K M Selim Reza Habib]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |[[A. K. Khandker|Abdul Karim Khandker]] | rowspan="3" |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |[[Azizul Huq Arzu]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |[[Ahmed Firoz Kabir]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Azizul Huq Arzu 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]]: Pabna-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A. K. Khandker]] |votes = 116,730 |percentage = 55.1 |change = +8.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A K M Selim Reza Habib]] |votes = 95,000 |percentage = 44.9 |change = -8.0 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,730 |percentage = 10.3 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 211,730 |percentage = 90.1 |change = +11.7 }} {{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]]: Pabna-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A K M Selim Reza Habib]] |votes = 97,704 |percentage = 52.9 |change = +6.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Mirza Abdul Jalil |votes = 86,013 |percentage = 46.5 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Nurul Islam |votes = 1,010 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Masud Ahmed |votes = 125 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,691 |percentage = 6.3 |change = +5.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 184,852 |percentage = 78.4 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. [[A. K. Khandker|Abdul Karim Khandker]] of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.<ref name="xna10Dec1998" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Pabna-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ahmed Tafiz Uddin]] |votes = 67,250 |percentage = 48.0 |change = +8.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A K M Selim Reza Habib]] |votes = 65,745 |percentage = 46.9 |change = -8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Hatem Ali |votes = 3,979 |percentage = 2.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-2 politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 2,451 |percentage = 1.7 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. A. Wahab |votes = 424 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -2.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khandakar Golam Mortuza |votes = 177 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Ferdous Alam Khan |votes = 159 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,505 |percentage = 1.1 |change = -14.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 140,185 |percentage = 82.7 |change = +24.1 }} {{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]]: Pabna-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Osman Ghani Khan]] |votes = 67,431 |percentage = 55.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ahmed Tafiz Uddin]] |votes = 48,086 |percentage = 39.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. A. Wahab |votes = 2,938 |percentage = 2.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = Ronesh Moitra |votes = 1,050 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-2 politician)|Mokbul Hossain]] |votes = 908 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Hasan Monsoor |votes = 882 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Md. Saudur Rahman |votes = 445 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Khandakar Golam Mortuza |votes = 100 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,345 |percentage = 15.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 121,840 |percentage = 58.6 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Pabna-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Pabna-2&d=rajshahi |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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 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=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=61&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=69 |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/20081229003022/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=69 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="xna10Dec1998">{{cite news |title=By-election Ends Peacefully in Bangladesh |newspaper=Xinhua News Agency |date=10 December 1998}}</ref> </references>
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