Pirojpur-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
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since 2014 by
Anwar Hossain Manju
Anwar Hossain Manju (born 9 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali, Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas. He was elected a member of Jat ...
of the
Jatiya Party (Manju)
The Jatiya Party (Manju) (Bengali: জাতীয় পার্টি (মঞ্জু)) (''National Party (Manju))'' is a political party in Bangladesh, led by Anwar Hossain Manju. It is a splinter group of the original Jatiya Party, that ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Bhandaria,
Kawkhali, and
Zianagar upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former
Bakerganj District
Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra ...
was split into four districts:
Bhola
Bhola ( bn, ভোলা) is a town and district headquarter of Bhola District in the division of Barishal, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most ...
,
Bakerganj,
Jhalokati, and
Pirojpur
Pirojpur ( bn, পিরোজপুর) is a town in Pirojpur district in the division of Barisal in southern Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth ...
.
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.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission swapped Zianagar Upazila from Pirojpur-1 to Pirojpur-2, and Nesarabad Upazila from Pirojpur-2 to Pirojpur-1.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Anwar Hossain Manju was elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Anwar Hossain Manju stood for two seats in the 1996 general election:
Jhalokati-1 and Pirojpur-2. After winning both, he chose to represent Jhalokati-1 and quit Pirojpur-2, triggering a by-election in Pirojpur-2.
Tasmima Hossain, his wife, was elected in a September 1996 by-election.
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Pirojpur District
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