Moulvibazar-2

Moulvibazar-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel of the Awami League.

Moulvibazar-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Moulvibazar District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	241,169 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	AL
Member(s)	Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kulaura Upazila.^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[3]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing four union parishads of Kamalganj Upazila: Adampur, Alinagar, Islampur, and Shamshernagar.^[6][2][7]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A. N. M. Yusuf	Muslim League^[8]
	1988	Nawab Ali Abbas Khan	Jatiya Party^[9]
	Feb 1996	MM Shahin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Sultan Md. Mansur Ahmed	Awami League
	2001	MM Shahin	Independent
	2008	Nawab Ali Abbas Khan	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Abdul Matin	Independent
	2018	Sultan Md. Mansur Ahmad	Gano Forum^[1]
	January 2024	Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Moulvibazar-2^[10]

Party		Symbol	Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Gano Forum	Sheaf of paddy	Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmed	79,742	50.21	N/A
	BDB	Boat	M. M. Shahin	77,170	48.59	N/A
	JaPa(E)	Plough	Md. Mahbubul Alam	834	0.53	N/A
	IAB	Hand fan	Md. Matiur Rahman	635	0.40	N/A
	IOJ	Minaret	Aslam Hossain Rahmani	222	0.14	N/A
	RWPB	Hoe	Prashanta Deb Chhana Ruhel	209	0.13	N/A
Valid votes				158,812	97.71
Invalid votes				3,723	2.29
Total votes				162,535	100.0
Registered voters/turnout				241,170	67.39	47.10
Majority				2,572	1.62
	Gano Forum gain from Independent			Swing

General Election 2014: Moulvibazar-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Abdul Matin	30,871	55.0	N/A
	JP(E)	Mohibul Kadir Chowdhury	25,241	45.0	-16.6
Majority			5,630	10.0	-21.0
Turnout			56,112
	Independent gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Moulvibazar-2^[6][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Nawab Ali Abbas Khan	130,941	61.6	N/A
	Independent	MM Shahin	64,942	30.5	-15.0
	BNP	A. N. M. Abed Raza	14,105	6.6	N/A
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Bodoruddin	1,283	0.6	N/A
	AL	Ataur Rahman Shamim	1,238	0.6	N/A
	BML	Md. Achkir Mia	160	0.1	N/A
Majority			65,999	31.0	+27.0
Turnout			212,669	85.1	+5.2
	JP(E) gain from Independent

General Election 2001: Moulvibazar-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	MM Shahin	78,667	45.5	N/A
	AL	Sultan Md. Mansur Ahmed	71,803	41.5	+2.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shafiqur Rahman	12,415	7.2	+3.4
	IJOF	Md. Shawkatul Islam	7,312	4.2	N/A
	Independent	Emadul Islam	852	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Abdus Sobhan	836	0.5	N/A
	CPB	Khandokar Lutfar Rahman	576	0.3	N/A
	JSD	Rezaur Rahman Chowdhury	296	0.2	N/A
	Independent	A. N. M. Yusuf	122	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,864	4.0	-5.4
Turnout			172,879	79.9	+4.4
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Moulvibazar-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sultan Md. Mansur Ahmed	52,582	39.3	0.0
	JP(E)	Nawab Ali Abbas Khan	39,992	29.9	-22.8
	BNP	MM Shahin	31,304	23.4	+18.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Khandaker Abdus Sobahan	5,110	3.8	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Abdus Salam Chowdhury	2,074	1.6	N/A
	CPB	Khandaker Lutfar Rahman	1,023	0.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. M. A. Awal	599	0.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	A. N. M. Yusuf	379	0.3	N/A
	BIF	Mohammad Saiful Islam	319	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Gias Uddin Ahm	253	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,590	9.4	-4.0
Turnout			133,635	75.5	+14.2
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Moulvibazar-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Nawab Ali Abbas Khan	61,108	52.7
	AL	Sultan Md. Monsur Ahmed	45,526	39.3
	BNP	Md. Ataur Rahman	5,376	4.6
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	A. N. M. Yusuf	1,847	1.6
	Independent	Sham Narayan Gore	1,084	0.9
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Sirajuddin Ahmed	965	0.8
Majority			15,582	13.4
Turnout			115,906	61.3
	JP(E) hold

References

1. "Moulvibazar-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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14. . Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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