title: Mymensingh-2
text: # Mymensingh-2
  
  Mymensingh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sharif Ahmed of the Awami League.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The constituency encompasses Phulpur and Tarakanda upazilas.
  
  ## 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 redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
  
  Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of the former Phulpur Upazila (which in 2012 had been split into a smaller Phulpur Upazila and the new Tarakanda Upazila). Previously the constituency had excluded one union parishad: Bishka.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1973 | Rashed Mosharraf | Awami League |
  | 1979 | Ismail Hossain Talukder | Bangladesh Muslim League |
  | 1986 | Md. Shamsul Haque | Awami League |
  | 1988 | Rajab Ali Fakir | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
  | 1991 | Md. Shamsul Haque | Awami League |
  | February 1996 | Abul Basar Akand | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
  | June 1996 | Md. Shamsul Haque | Awami League |
  | 2001 | Shah Shahid Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
  | 2008 | Hayatur Rahman Khan | Awami League |
  | 2014 | Sharif Ahmed | Awami League |
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  Sharif Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  General Election 2008: Mymensingh-2 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Hayatur Rahman Khan | 172,533 | 63.8 | +24.1 |
  | | BNP | Shah Shahid Sarwar | 94,090 | 34.8 | -15.7 |
  | | IAB | Golam Maula Bhuyan | 2,485 | 0.9 | N/A |
  | | KSJL | Md. Anwar Hossain | 1,128 | 0.4 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 78,443 | 29.0 | +18.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 270,236 | 84.2 | +12.8 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
  
  General Election 2001: Mymensingh-2 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | BNP | Shah Shahid Sarwar | 114,048 | 50.5 | +20.3 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Shamsul Haque | 89,631 | 39.7 | +4.3 |
  | | IJOF | Zia Uddin Ahammed | 21,006 | 9.3 | N/A |
  | | CPB | Abul Hashem | 1,213 | 0.5 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,417 | 10.8 | +5.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 225,898 | 71.4 | +13.4 |
  | | BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League | BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League | BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League | BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League | BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-2 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Shamsul Haque | 50,497 | 35.4 | -2.8 |
  | | BNP | Md. Ashraf Uddin Sarkar | 43,037 | 30.2 | +7.4 |
  | | JP(E) | Shah Shahid Sarwar | 42,678 | 30.0 | +9.3 |
  | | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Anisuzzaman | 4,219 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
  | | IOJ | Md. Tafazzal Hossain Biswas | 1,000 | 0.7 | N/A |
  | | Zaker Party | Md. Saifal Islam | 377 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
  | | JSD | Md. Nazrul Islam | 288 | 0.2 | N/A |
  | | Gano Forum | A.K.M. Raihan Uddin | 202 | 0.1 | N/A |
  | | Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Nurul Alam | 153 | 0.1 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,460 | 5.2 | -10.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,451 | 58.0 | +18.5 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold |
  
  General Election 1991: Mymensingh-2 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Shamsul Haque | 35,432 | 38.2 | |
  | | BNP | Zulmat Ali Khan | 21,091 | 22.8 | |
  | | JP(E) | Shah Shahid Sarwar | 19,139 | 20.7 | |
  | | Independent | Golam Mostafa | 6,239 | 6.7 | |
  | | JSD | Abdul Mansur Sarker | 4,373 | 4.7 | |
  | | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Anisuzzaman | 3,074 | 3.3 | |
  | | Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Ismail Hossain Talukder | 2,489 | 2.7 | |
  | | Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot | Sheikh Alal Uddin | 343 | 0.4 | |
  | | Zaker Party | Md. A. Bari Sarker | 266 | 0.3 | |
  | | NAP (Muzaffar) | Abdul Zabbar | 187 | 0.2 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,341 | 15.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,633 | 39.5 | |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
  