{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Patuakhali-2 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = পটুয়াখালী-২.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Patuakhali District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Barisal Division]] |population = |electorate = 251,873 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = |next = |previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Patuakhali-1|111 Patuakhali-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Patuakhali-3|113 Patuakhali-3]] →}} }} '''Patuakhali-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since February 17, 2026, [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] central activist and former [[Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir]] president [[Shafiqul Islam Masud]] has been member of parliament for this constituency.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bauphal Upazila]].<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two [[union parishad]]s of [[Patuakhali Sadar Upazila]]: Kamalapur and Lohalia.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Shahjada Abdul Malek Khan]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /><ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Siddiqur Rahman (Patuakhali politician)|Siddiqur Rahman]] |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[ASM Feroz]] | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Ruhul Amin (Patuakhali politician)|Md. Ruhul Amin]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[ASM Feroz]] | [[Awami League|BangladeshAwami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Yaqub Ali Sharif|Prof. Dr. Yaqub Ali Sharif]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[ASM Feroz]] |[[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Shahidul Alam Talukder]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[ASM Feroz]] | rowspan="4" | [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | |2014 |[[A. S. M. Feroz|ASM Feroz]] |- | |2018 |[[A. S. M. Feroz|ASM Feroz]] |- | |2024 |[[A. S. M. Feroz|ASM Feroz]] |- | style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Shafiqul Islam Masud|Dr. Shafiqul Islam Masud]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Patuakhali-2}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jamaat|candidate=[[Shafiqul Islam Masud]]|votes=100,750|percentage=52.37|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Shahidul Alam Talukder]]|votes=72,676|percentage=37.78|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=Malek Hossein|votes=14,418|percentage=7.49|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=28,074|percentage=14.59|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=192,350|percentage=61.01|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jamaat |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Commission |url=http://103.183.38.66:81/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title="পটুয়াখালী-২ আসনে ড. শফিকুল ইসলাম মাসুদ বেসরকারিভাবে বিজয়ী" |url=https://www.dhakatimes24.com/2026/02/13/401533}}</ref>
=== Elections in the 2010s === ASM Feroz 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]]: Patuakhali-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[ASM Feroz]]|votes=98,303|percentage=54.8|change=+19.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[AKM Faruque Ahmed Talukder]]|votes=58,258|percentage=32.5|change=-14.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A.S.M. Firoz Alam|votes=12,122|percentage=6.8|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=Abu Zafor Ahamdullah|votes=10,287|percentage=5.7|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Tarikat Federation|candidate=Mohammad Rafiqul Islam|votes=439|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=40,045|percentage=22.3|change=+15.4}} {{Election box turnout||votes=179,409|percentage=83.6|change=+18.5}} {{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]]: Patuakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Shahidul Alam Talukder]] |votes = 69,735 |percentage = 47.3 |change = +0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[ASM Feroz]] |votes = 52,804 |percentage = 35.8 |change = -10.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Faruque Talukder |votes = 24,720 |percentage = 16.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Shahabuddin Ahmmed |votes = 175 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Shah Alam Mridha |votes = 107 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 16,931 |percentage = 6.9 |change = +6.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 147,541 |percentage = 65.1 |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 === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Patuakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[ASM Feroz]] |votes = 45,937 |percentage = 46.4 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahidul Alam Talukder]] |votes = 45,913 |percentage = 46.4 |change = +38.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Akther Faruk |votes = 4,180 |percentage = 4.2 |change = -4.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Fokruddin Khan Razi |votes = 1,680 |percentage = 1.7 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Md. Ruhul Amin (politician)|Md. Ruhul Amin]] |votes = 393 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Shahadat Hossoin Khan |votes = 247 |percentage = 0.2 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kazi Abdul Khaleq |votes = 208 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Begum Tahmina |votes = 204 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Moslem Uddin |votes = 145 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 24 |percentage = 0.0 |change = -22.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 98,907 |percentage = 69.4 |change = +27.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Patuakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[ASM Feroz]] |votes = 40,202 |percentage = 45.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abu Zafar Khan |votes = 20,221 |percentage = 22.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Akter Farooq |votes = 7,713 |percentage = 8.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = Syed Ashraf Hossain |votes = 7,431 |percentage = 8.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Syed Ahmad Miah |votes = 7,050 |percentage = 8.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Kuddus Rahman |votes = 2,012 |percentage = 2.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. A. Gani |votes = 1,799 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Md. Ruhul Amin (politician)|Md. Ruhul Amin]] |votes = 1,743 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Nurul Islam Miah |votes = 218 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Miah Md. Lutfor Rahman Ansari |votes = 127 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,981 |percentage = 22.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 88,516 |percentage = 41.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Patuakhali-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Patuakhali-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="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</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=Zakaria |first=Mohammad |date=14 December 2013 |title=The number now goes up to 151 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2013/12/14/the-number-now-goes-up-to-151/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=111&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=114 |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/20081229000419/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=114 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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