Patuakhali-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
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since 2008 by
ASM Feroz
A. S. M. Feroz ( bn, আ. স. ম. ফিরোজ) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, the incumbent Member of Parliament from Patuakhali-2 and former Chief Whip of the Bangladeshi parliament.
Early life
Feroz was born on 1 February 1952. ...
of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Bauphal Upazila
Bauphal Upazila ( bn, বাউফল ) is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal Division, Barisal, Bangladesh.
Geography
The area of Bauphal is 486.91 km2 and it is located in between 22°19´ and 22°36´ north latitu ...
.
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
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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
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.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s of
Patuakhali Sadar Upazila
Patuakhali Sadar ( bn, পটুয়াখালী সদর) is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.
Geography
Patuakhali Sadar is located at . It has 55,194 households and a total area of 362.62 km2.
...
: Kamalapur and Lohalia.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
ASM Feroz was re-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
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Patuakhali District
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