Khulna-2


Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses wards 16 through 31 of Khulna City Corporation, integrating these wards within a single administrative and electoral boundary.

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.
In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Ali [Asgar Lobi] of the BNP was elected unopposed after the Awami League decided not to contest the by-election scheduled for November.

Elections in the 1990s