Khulna-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 B ...

(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 2019 by Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission 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 populatio ...

. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use

electronic voting machines An electronic voting machine is a voting machine based on electronics. Two main technologies exist: '' optical scanning'' and '' direct recording'' (DRE). Optical scanning In an optical scan voting system, or marksense, each voter's choices ...

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election:

Bogra-6 Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 is vacant. As the Member of Parliament, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party refused to take the oath. Boundari ...

, Bogra-7, Khulna-2,

Feni-1 Feni-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Akhter of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas ...

, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.

Ali Asgar Lobi Ali Asgar Lobi is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Khulna-2. He is also a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Career Lobi was elected to parliament in a 2001 by-election for Khulna-2 a ...

of the BNP was elected unopposed after the Awami League decided not to contest the by-election scheduled for November.

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Khulna District {{Khulna-geo-stub