Sunamganj-2
Sunamganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Joya Sengupta, elected as Independent politician in 2024.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Derai and Sullah upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-2 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Suranjit Sengupta died in February 2017. Joya Sengupta, his widow, was elected in a March 2017 by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Joya Sengupta | 95,959 | 69.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sayed Ali Mahbub Hossain | 42,156 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 53,803 | 39.0 | +28.8 | ||
Turnout | 138,115 | 54.7 | −33.4 | ||
AL hold |
Suranjit Sengupta was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 95,593 | 55.1 | N/A | |
BNP | Md. Nasir Chowdhury | 77,889 | 44.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 17,704 | 10.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 173,482 | 88.1 | +8.3 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 82,839 | 55.0 | +6.7 | ||
BNP | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 66,558 | 44.2 | +42.7 | ||
IJOF | Sheikh Jahir Ali | 1,185 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 16,281 | 10.8 | +10.4 | |||
Turnout | 150,582 | 79.8 | −3.6 | |||
AL gain from JP(E) |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 59,000 | 48.7 | +12.7 | ||
AL | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,496 | 48.3 | N/A | ||
BNP | Jahir Ahmed | 1,868 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Mannan | 1,104 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
CPB | Probangsu Chowdhury | 560 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Muhitur Rahman Chowdhury | 164 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 504 | 0.4 | −13.8 | |||
Turnout | 121,192 | 83.4 | +20.0 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ganatantri Party | Suranjit Sengupta | 58,580 | 58.4 | ||
JP(E) | Dobirul Islam Chowdhury | 36,067 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | Zahir Ahmed | 3,556 | 3.6 | ||
BNP | Rana Hasan Chowdhury | 1,532 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Motiur Rahman | 328 | 0.3 | ||
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal | Md. Fazlul Haq | 231 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 22,513 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 100,294 | 63.4 | |||
Ganatantri Party gain from |
References
- ^ "Sunamganj-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Joyasen Gupta wins Sunamganj by-polls". Banglanews24.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
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