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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Rajshahi-2 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Rajshahi District Division Rajshahi Division Electorate 369,564 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Mizanur Rahman Minu ← 52 Rajshahi-1 54 Rajshahi-3 →

**Rajshahi-2** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of [Rajshahi City Corporation](/source/Rajshahi_City_Corporation), integrating the area within a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the [2008 general election](/source/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [2001 Bangladesh census](/source/2001_Bangladesh_census).[3] The 2008 redistricting reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included [Paba Upazila](/source/Paba_Upazila).[4][5]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Khalid Ali Mia Bangladesh Awami League[6] 1979 Syed Manzur Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] Major Boundary Changes 1986 Mesbah Uddin Ahmed Jatiya Party (Ershad)[8][9] 1988 1991 Kabir Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party Feb 1996 June 1996 2001 Mizanur Rahman Minu Major Boundary Changes 2008 Fazle Hossain Badsha Workers Party of Bangladesh 2014 2018 2024 Shafiqur Rahman Badsha Independent 2026 Mizanur Rahman Minu Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Rajshahi-2[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mizanur Rahman Minu 188,546 81.2 +34.6 Jamaat Mohammad Jahangir 100,370 43.2 +43.2 Majority 88,176 38.0 +32.5 Turnout 232,095 62.8 +36.2 Registered electors 369,564 BNP gain from Independent

General Election 2024: Rajshahi-2 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Md. Shafiqur Rahman Badsha 55,156 60.99 N/A WPB Fazle Hossain Badsha 31,460 34.79 −17.32 JP(E) Saiful Islam Swapan 1,816 2.01 +1.92 Majority 23,696 26.20 N/A Turnout 93,694 26.56 −43.90 Registered electors 352,775 Independent gain from WPB

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Rajshahi-2[11] Party Symbol Candidate Votes % ±pp WPB Boat Fazle Hossain Badsha 115,453 52.11 N/A BNP Sheaf of paddy Mizanur Rahman Minu 103,327 46.64 N/A IAB Hand fan Md. Foysal Hossain Moni 2,129 0.96 N/A CPB Sickle Md. Enamul Haque 453 0.20 N/A NPP(S) Mango Saiful Islam Swapan 207 0.09 N/A Valid votes 221,569 98.93 Invalid votes 2,405 1.07 Total votes 223,974 100.0 Registered voters/turnout 317,852 70.46 N/A Majority 12,126 5.47 N/A WPB hold Swing

Fazle Hossain Badsha was re-elected unopposed in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rajshahi-2[1][13][14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% WPB Fazle Hossain Badsha 1,16,599 56.4 +52.5 BNP Mizanur Rahman Minu 89,050 43.1 −16.5 CPB Md. Enamul Haque 476 0.2 N/A IAB Sayeed Mahmud Ilyas 408 0.2 N/A BDB Akhtaruzzaman Bablu 225 0.1 N/A Majority 27,549 13.3 −13.7 Turnout 206,758 79.9 −1.6 WPB gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-2[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mizanur Rahman Minu 1,76,405 59.6 +15.6 AL A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton 96,604 32.6 +1.9 WPB Fazle Hossain Badsha 11,490 3.9 +2.3 IJOF Mostaq Ahmed 10,676 3.6 N/A Independent Md. Jalal Uddin 661 0.2 N/A Jatiya Party (M) Md. Shahabuddin Bachchu 270 0.1 N/A Majority 79,801 27.0 +13.8 Turnout 296,106 81.5 −2.6 BNP hold

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-2[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Kabir Hossain 108,471 44.0 +0.6 AL A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton 75,803 30.7 +17.8 Jamaat Ataur Rahman 41,774 16.9 −4.6 JP(E) Md. A. Matin Khan 13,747 5.6 +4.0 WPB Fazle Hossain Badsha 3,838 1.6 N/A IOJ Md. Abdus Samad 1,169 0.5 N/A Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Khairul Alam 827 0.3 N/A Zaker Party Md. Anisur Rahman 345 0.1 −0.2 BKA Wali Uallah Dewan 296 0.1 N/A Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) Begum Rokeya Firoj 291 0.1 N/A FP Md. Abu Masud 45 0.0 −0.2 Majority 32,668 13.2 −8.7 Turnout 246,606 84.1 +9.8 BNP hold

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-2[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Kabir Hossain 81,014 43.4 Jamaat Ataur Rahman 40,141 21.5 UCL Fazle Hossain Badsha 34,267 18.4 AL A E M Mahbub Uz Zaman Bhulu 24,047 12.9 JP(E) Badiuzzaman 2,967 1.6 Independent Md. Khondakar Zoinal Abedin 1,628 0.9 Peoples Democratic Party Md. Mojibar Rahman 879 0.5 Zaker Party Md. Sharif Uddin 607 0.3 Independent Md. Zalal Uddin 330 0.2 FP Abul Hasnat Md. Shamsul Haq Shamrat 322 0.2 Independent Mohammad Ali 202 0.1 Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Aminul Islam 200 0.1 Jatiya Oikkya Front Md. Abdul Bari 85 0.0 Majority 40,873 21.9 Turnout 186,689 74.3 BNP gain from JP(E)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_1-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rahman2010_3-0)** Rahman, Syedur (2010). [*Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105). Scarecrow Press. p. 105. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-7453-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7453-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds11Jul2008_4-0)** Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). ["Final list of redrawn JS seats published"](http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202). *The Daily Star*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds17Nov2008_5-0)** ["AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63670). *The Daily Star*. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1973results_6-0)** ["List of 1st Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1979results_7-0)** ["List of 2nd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1986results_8-0)** ["List of 3rd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_9-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["VoteDB candidates"](https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bb24f34914b4e55e39). *VoteBD*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [11th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 1-100](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/bec/public/files/1/11th%20nation_result_1_100.xlsx), [Bangladesh Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission), [Agargaon](/source/Agargaon), [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka) (20 June 2019)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_12-0)** Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). ["AL closer to majority before voting"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/). *New Age*. Dhaka. Archived from [the original](http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/) on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008results_13-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=51&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_14-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=53). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=53) on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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