Brahmanbaria-2 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
(National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
since 2018 by
Ukil Abdul Sattar Bhuiyan
Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan (born 16 January 1939) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency. He resigned from the latest position on 11 December 2022 but re-elect ...
of the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Ashuganj Ashuganj or Ashugonj ( bn, আশুগঞ্জ) is a town in the Brahmanbaria District of Chittagong Division of Bangladesh in the Meghna River delta. Its altitude is 10 meters (36 feet).
The city is known for the Port of Ashuganj and for its pow ...
and
Sarail
Sarail ( bn, সরাইল, Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
History
The leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan zamindars, Isa Khan, had his first and temporary ...
upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-2 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts:
Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, Brāhmaṇabāṛiẏā) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla ...
,
Comilla
Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla was ...
, and
Chandpur.
Ahead of the
2008 general election, the
Election Commission
An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...
.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included three
union parishads of
Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila
Brahmanbaria Sadar ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া সদর) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Brahmanbaria Sadar is located at .
History
The area Syed Mahmud resided in was ...
: Budhanti, Chandura, and Harashpur.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Brahmanbaria District
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