Gazipur-2 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Gazipur District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 745,734 (2018) |
Year: | 1984 |
Members: | Zahid Ahsan Russell |
Party: | Awami League |
Gazipur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2004 by Zahid Ahsan Russell of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Gazipur City Corporation wards 19 through 39 and 43 through 57, and Gazipur Cantonment.
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-2.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | Jatiya Party | |
1991 | M. A. Mannan | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | Ahsanullah Master | Awami League | |
2004 by-election | Zahid Ahsan Russell | Awami League | |
Zahid Ahsan Russell was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Ahsanullah Master was assassinated on 7 May 2004. Zahid Ahsan Russell, his eldest son, was elected in an August by-election.