{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rajshahi-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রাজশাহী-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rajshahi District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 369,564 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rajshahi-1|52 Rajshahi-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajshahi-3|54 Rajshahi-3]] →}} }} '''Rajshahi-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Rajshahi City Corporation]], integrating the area within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included [[Paba Upazila]].<ref name="ds11Jul2008" /><ref name="ds17Nov2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Khalid Ali Mia]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Syed Manzur Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | rowspan="2"| [[Mesbah Uddin Ahmed]] | rowspan="2"| [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |- | rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | rowspan="3"| [[Kabir Hossain]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |- | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- | rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Workers Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="3"| [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] | rowspan="3"| [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]] |- | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Shafiqur Rahman Badsha]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rajshahi-2<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bb24f34914b4e55e39|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] |votes=188,546 |percentage=81.2 |change=+34.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Mohammad Jahangir |votes=100,370 |percentage=43.2 |change=+43.2 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 88,176 |percentage = 38.0 |change = +32.5 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 232,095 |percentage = 62.8 |change = +36.2 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 369,564 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Independent politician }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2024]]: Rajshahi-2}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Shafiqur Rahman Badsha|Md. Shafiqur Rahman Badsha]] |votes = 55,156 |percentage = 60.99 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] |votes = 31,460 |percentage = 34.79 |change = -17.32 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Saiful Islam Swapan |votes = 1,816 |percentage = 2.01 |change = +1.92 }}
{{Election box majority |votes = 23,696 |percentage = 26.20 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 93,694 |percentage = 26.56 |change = -43.90 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 352,775 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Workers Party of Bangladesh }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s ===
{{Table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultleft col5right col6right col7right" |+[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Rajshahi-2<ref>[http://www.ecs.gov.bd/bec/public/files/1/11th%20nation_result_1_100.xlsx 11th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 1-100], [[Bangladesh Election Commission]], [[Agargaon]], [[Dhaka]] (20 June 2019)</ref> ! colspan="2" |Party !Symbol !Candidate !Votes !% !±[[percentage point|pp]] |- |{{Party color cell|Workers Party of Bangladesh}} |[[Workers Party of Bangladesh|'''WPB''']] |'''''Boat''''' |'''[[Fazle Hossain Badsha]]''' |'''115,453''' |'''52.11''' |''N/A'' |- |{{Party color cell|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}} |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |''[[Sheaf of Paddy (politics)|Sheaf of paddy]]'' |[[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] |103,327 |46.64 |''N/A'' |- |{{Party color cell|Islami Andolan Bangladesh}} |[[Islami Andolan Bangladesh|IAB]] |''Hand fan'' |Md. Foysal Hossain Moni |2,129 |0.96 |''N/A'' |- |{{Party color cell|Communist Party of Bangladesh}} |[[Communist Party of Bangladesh|CPB]] |''Sickle'' |Md. Enamul Haque |453 |0.20 |''N/A'' |- |{{Party color cell|National People's Party (Bangladesh)}} |NPP(S) |''Mango'' |Saiful Islam Swapan |207 |0.09 |''N/A'' |- ! colspan="7" | |- | colspan="4" |Valid votes |style= "text-align:right"|221,569 |style= "text-align:right"|98.93 |style= "text-align:right"| |- | colspan="4" |Invalid votes |style= "text-align:right"|2,405 |style= "text-align:right"|1.07 |style= "text-align:right"| |- | colspan="4" |'''Total votes''' |style= "text-align:right"|'''223,974''' |style= "text-align:right"|'''100.0''' |style= "text-align:right"| |- | colspan="4" |Registered voters/turnout |style= "text-align:right"|317,852 |style= "text-align:right"|70.46 |style= "text-align:right"|''N/A'' |- ! colspan="7" | |- | colspan="4" |Majority |style= "text-align:right"|12,126 |style= "text-align:right"|5.47 |style= "text-align:right"|''N/A'' |- |{{Party color cell|Workers Party of Bangladesh}} | colspan="3" |[[Workers Party of Bangladesh|WPB]] '''hold''' |style= "text-align:right" colspan="2" |Swing |style= "text-align:right"| |}
Fazle Hossain Badsha 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]]: Rajshahi-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] |votes = 1,16,599 |percentage = 56.4 |change = +52.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] |votes = 89,050 |percentage = 43.1 |change = -16.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Enamul Haque |votes = 476 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Sayeed Mahmud Ilyas |votes = 408 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Akhtaruzzaman Bablu |votes = 225 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 27,549 |percentage = 13.3 |change = -13.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 206,758 |percentage = 79.9 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Workers Party of Bangladesh |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Rajshahi-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]] |votes = 1,76,405 |percentage = 59.6 |change = +15.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = [[A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton]] |votes = 96,604 |percentage = 32.6 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] |votes = 11,490 |percentage = 3.9 |change = +2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Mostaq Ahmed |votes = 10,676 |percentage = 3.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Jalal Uddin |votes = 661 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Shahabuddin Bachchu |votes = 270 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 79,801 |percentage = 27.0 |change = +13.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 296,106 |percentage = 81.5 |change = -2.6 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kabir Hossain]] |votes = 108,471 |percentage = 44.0 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton]] |votes = 75,803 |percentage = 30.7 |change = +17.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ataur Rahman |votes = 41,774 |percentage = 16.9 |change = -4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. A. Matin Khan |votes = 13,747 |percentage = 5.6 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] |votes = 3,838 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abdus Samad |votes = 1,169 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Khairul Alam |votes = 827 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Anisur Rahman |votes = 345 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Wali Uallah Dewan |votes = 296 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Begum Rokeya Firoj |votes = 291 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Abu Masud |votes = 45 |percentage = 0.0 |change = -0.2 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 32,668 |percentage = 13.2 |change = -8.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 246,606 |percentage = 84.1 |change = +9.8 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kabir Hossain]] |votes = 81,014 |percentage = 43.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ataur Rahman |votes = 40,141 |percentage = 21.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Communist League of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Fazle Hossain Badsha]] |votes = 34,267 |percentage = 18.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = A E M Mahbub Uz Zaman Bhulu |votes = 24,047 |percentage = 12.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Badiuzzaman |votes = 2,967 |percentage = 1.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Khondakar Zoinal Abedin |votes = 1,628 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Peoples Democratic Party |candidate = Md. Mojibar Rahman |votes = 879 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Sharif Uddin |votes = 607 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Zalal Uddin |votes = 330 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Abul Hasnat Md. Shamsul Haq Shamrat |votes = 322 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mohammad Ali |votes = 202 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Md. Aminul Islam |votes = 200 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Oikkya Front |candidate = Md. Abdul Bari |votes = 85 |percentage = 0.0 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 40,873 |percentage = 21.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 186,689 |percentage = 74.3 |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}}</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="ds17Nov2008">{{cite news |title=AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63670 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</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=51&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=53 |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/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=53 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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