# Pabna-2

Pabna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahmed Firoz Kabir of the Awami League.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sujanagar Upazila and the five southernmost union parishads of Bera Upazila: Dhalar Char, Jatsakhni, Masundia, Puran Bharenga, and Ruppur.

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1973 | Syed Haider Ali | Awami League |
| | 1979 | M. A. Matin | BNP |
| Major Boundary Changes ||||
| | 1986 | Mokbul Hossain | Jatiya Party |
| | 1991 | Osman Ghani Khan | BNP |
| | Feb 1996 | AKM Salim Reza Habib | BNP |
| | Jun 1996 | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | Awami League |
| | 1998 by-election | Abdul Karim Khandker | Awami League |
| | 2001 | AKM Salim Reza Habib | BNP |
| | 2008 | Abdul Karim Khandker | Awami League |
| | 2014 | Azizul Huq Arzu | Awami League |
| | 2018 | Ahmed Firoz Kabir | Awami League |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

Azizul Huq Arzu 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: Pabna-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | A. K. Khandker | 116,730 | 55.1 | +8.6 |
| | BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 95,000 | 44.9 | −8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,730 | 10.3 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 211,730 | 90.1 | +11.7 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 2001: Pabna-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 97,704 | 52.9 | +6.0 |
| | AL | Mirza Abdul Jalil | 86,013 | 46.5 | −1.5 |
| | IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 1,010 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Md. Masud Ahmed | 125 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,691 | 6.3 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,852 | 78.4 | −4.3 |
| | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL |

### Elections in the 1990s

Ahmed Tafiz Uddin died in June 1998. Abdul Karim Khandker of the Awami League was elected in a by-election.
General Election June 1996: Pabna-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 67,250 | 48.0 | +8.5 |
| | BNP | AKM Salim Reza Habib | 65,745 | 46.9 | −8.4 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Hatem Ali | 3,979 | 2.8 | N/A |
| | JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 2,451 | 1.7 | +1.0 |
| | Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 424 | 0.3 | −2.1 |
| | Independent | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 177 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Md. Ferdous Alam Khan | 159 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,505 | 1.1 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,185 | 82.7 | +24.1 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 1991: Pabna-2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Osman Ghani Khan | 67,431 | 55.3 | |
| | AL | Ahmed Tafiz Uddin | 48,086 | 39.5 | |
| | Zaker Party | Md. A. Wahab | 2,938 | 2.4 | |
| | NAP (Muzaffar) | Ronesh Moitra | 1,050 | 0.9 | |
| | JP(E) | Mokbul Hossain | 908 | 0.7 | |
| | Independent | Md. Hasan Monjur | 882 | 0.7 | |
| | NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Saudur Rahman | 445 | 0.4 | |
| | NDP | Khandakar Golam Mortuza | 100 | 0.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,345 | 15.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 121,840 | 58.6 | |
| | 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) |