# Gazipur-2

Gazipur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2004 by Zahid Ahsan Russell of the Awami League.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gazipur City Corporation wards 19 through 39 and 43 through 57, and Gazipur Cantonment.

## History

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.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | Jatiya Party |
| 1991 | M. A. Mannan | BNP |
| 1996 | Ahsanullah Master | Awami League |
| 2004 by-election | Zahid Ahsan Russel | Awami League |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

Zahid Ahsan Russell was re-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: Gazipur-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AL | Zahid Ahsan Russell | 264,710 | 64.3 |
| | BNP | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 139,278 | 33.8 |
| | IAB | Kazi Md. Shakhowat Ullah | 3,849 | 0.9 |
| | LDP | Nazim Uddin Ahmed | 1,281 | 0.3 |
| | CPB | Ziaul Kabir | 1,016 | 0.2 |
| | BTF | Syed Abu Daoud Mosnabi Haidar | 899 | 0.2 |
| | KSJL | Sheikh Md. Masudul Alam | 246 | 0.1 |
| | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Mufti Nasir Uddin Khan | 225 | 0.1 |
| | BSD | Md. Abdul Kaiyum | 189 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125,432 | 30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 411,693 | 78.1 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |
Ahsanullah Master was assassinated on 7 May 2004. Zahid Ahsan Russell, his eldest son, was elected in an August by-election.
General Election 2001: Gazipur-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Ahsanullah Master | 159,125 | 42.7 | +5.7 |
| | Independent | M. A. Mannan | 87,691 | 23.5 | N/A |
| | BNP | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 85,781 | 23.0 | −7.9 |
| | IJOF | Kazi Mahmud Hasan | 38,200 | 10.2 | N/A |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Md. Usman Ali | 1,355 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Gano Forum | Rafiqul Islam | 280 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | KSJL | Md. Masudul Alam | 269 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Jatiya Party (M) | Sheikh A. Majid | 250 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71,434 | 19.2 | +18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 372,951 | 69.0 | −6.9 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gazipur-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Ahsanullah Master | 94,732 | 37.0 | 0.0 |
| | BNP | M. A. Mannan | 79,168 | 30.9 | −23.5 |
| | JP(E) | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 71,528 | 27.9 | +24.3 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abul Hasem | 5,543 | 2.2 | +0.5 |
| | IOJ | Md. Nur Hossain Nurani | 1,343 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Zaker Party | Md. Hafiz Uddin Sarkar | 1,175 | 0.5 | −0.8 |
| | Independent | Md. Shahajuddin Sarkar | 692 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | Osman Ali | 538 | 0.2 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | Abu Bakar Siddique | 378 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | BKA | Md. Ramjan Ali | 291 | 0.1 | −0.2 |
| | Gano Forum | Samsunnahar Bhuiyan | 263 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury | 230 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Saru Mian | 91 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Md. Ataur Rahman | 82 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Nasir Uddin Sarkar | 71 | 0.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Md. Laiz Uddin Molla | 62 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,564 | 0.6 | −16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 256,187 | 75.9 | +14.1 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 1991: Gazipur-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | M. A. Mannan | 97,597 | 54.4 | |
| | AL | AKM Mojammel Haq | 66,418 | 37.0 | |
| | JP(E) | Feroz Khah | 6,444 | 3.6 | |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Abu Sadek Md. Najibullah | 3,098 | 1.7 | |
| | Zaker Party | Hafiz Uddin Sarkar | 2,404 | 1.3 | |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | Osman Ali | 1,675 | 0.9 | |
| | WPB | Nurul Anwar | 769 | 0.4 | |
| | JSD | Azmat Ali | 583 | 0.3 | |
| | BKA | Shihab Uddin | 563 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,179 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,551 | 61.8 | |
| | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) |