{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Shariatpur-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = শরীয়তপুর-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Shariatpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 310,343 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | members = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Shariatpur-1|221 Shariatpur 1]]}}{{align|right|[[Shariatpur-3|223 Shariatpur-3]] →}} }} '''Shariatpur-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Naria Upazila]] and the Sakhipur Thana portion of [[Bhedarganj Upazila]]. Sakhipur Thana consists of Arshi Nagar, Char Bhaga, Char Kumaria, Char Census, Dhakhin Tarabunia, Digar Mahishkhali, Kachikata, Sakhipur, and Tarabunia [[Union Parishad|union parishads]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-15 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: [[Rajbari District|Rajbari]], [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)|Gopalganj]], [[Madaripur District|Madaripur]], and [[Shariatpur District|Shariatpur]].<ref name="faridpur" />
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" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[TM Giasuddin Ahmed]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Shawkat Ali (politician)|Shawkat Ali]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Khandaker Abdul Jalil]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Shawkat Ali (politician)|Shawkat Ali]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[AKM Enamul Haque Shamim]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /><!-- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Safiqur Rahman Kiran]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Shawkat Ali 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]]: Shariatpur-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)]] |votes = 114,808 |percentage = 58.9 |change = +10.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Shofiqur Rahaman |votes = 80,096 |percentage = 41.1 |change = +22.4 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 34,712 |percentage = 17.8 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 194,904 |percentage = 86.3 |change = +18.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Shariatpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)]] |votes = 48,578 |percentage = 48.1 |change = -11.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Sultan Mahmud |votes = 30,712 |percentage = 30.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[TM Giasuddin Ahmed]] |votes = 18,861 |percentage = 18.7 |change = -6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abul Basar Dewan |votes = 2,123 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sheikh Shabuddin |votes = 230 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Azam Khan |votes = 222 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Munsi Zakir Hossain |votes = 191 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 17,866 |percentage = 17.7 |change = -16.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 100,917 |percentage = 68.1 |change = -4.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Shariatpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)]] |votes = 48,753 |percentage = 59.2 |change = -2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[TM Giasuddin Ahmed]] |votes = 20,626 |percentage = 25.1 |change = -6.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Zakir Hossain Munshi |votes = 8,191 |percentage = 9.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Syed Habibur Rahman |votes = 1,744 |percentage = 2.1 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Hafez Shawkat Ali |votes = 1,722 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mollah Gias Uddin Ahmmed |votes = 804 |percentage = 1.0 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Begum Julekha Hoque |votes = 273 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Mohammad Azam Khan |votes = 226 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,127 |percentage = 34.2 |change = +3.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 82,339 |percentage = 73.0 |change = +29.7 }} {{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]]: Shariatpur-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)]] |votes = 44,327 |percentage = 62.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Harun Or Rashid |votes = 22,408 |percentage = 31.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[TM Giasuddin Ahmed]] |votes = 1,564 |percentage = 2.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Ohed Bisi |votes = 1,441 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Oikkya Front |candidate = Dewan Sultan Mahmud |votes = 832 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Harun Rashid |votes = 593 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Syed Habibur Rahman |votes = 237 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,919 |percentage = 30.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 71,402 |percentage = 43.3 |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=Shariatpur-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Shariatpur-2&d=dhaka |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}}</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="faridpur">{{cite web |url=http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |script-title=bn:জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি |trans-title=Background of District Administration |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |language=bn |website=Faridpur District |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=3 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603191102/http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |url-status=dead }}</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="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=221&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=221 |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=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000009/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=221 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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