Narail-2

Narail-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Narail District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	3,17,844 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Mashrafe Mortaza
Prev. Constituency	Narail-1 (Constituency 93)
Next Constituency	Bagerhat-1 (Constituency 95)

Narail-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mashrafe Mortaza of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Lohagara Upazila and all but five union parishads of Narail Sadar Upazila: Bhadrabila, Bichhali, Kalora, Shaikhati, and Singasolpur. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Saif Hafizur Rahman	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Sharif Khasruzzaman	Awami League
	February 1996	Abdul Quader Sikder	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Sharif Khasruzzaman	Awami League
	2002 by-election	Shahidul Islam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	SK Abu Bakr	Awami League
	2014	Hafizur Rahman	Workers Party of Bangladesh
	2018	Mashrafe Mortaza	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Narail-2 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mashrafe Mortaza	271,210	96.06	N/A
	BNP	AZM Fariduzzaman	7,883	2.79	N/A
	IAB	SM Nassir Uddin	3,125	1.11	N/A
	JP(E)	Khandker Fayek Uzzaman	121	0.04	N/A
Majority			263,327	93.27
Turnout			282,339	88.83
Registered electors			317,844
	AL gain from WPB

General Election 2014: Narail-2 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WPB	Hafizur Rahman	95,117	81.0	N/A
	Independent	Sohrab Hossain Biswas	22,320	19.0	N/A
Majority			72,797	62.0	+35.4
Turnout			117,437	43.1	-44.3
	WPB gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Narail-2 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	SK Abu Bakr	125,458	59.8	+58.0
	BNP	Sharif Khasruzzaman	69,657	33.2	-63.4
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Imarnuzzaman	11,253	5.4	N/A
	IAB	S. M. Nasir Uddin	2,408	1.1	N/A
	LDP	Delip Kumar Adhikari	575	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party	A. Z. M. Fariduzzaman	292	0.1	N/A
Majority			55,801	26.6	-68.4
Turnout			209,643	87.4	+29.5
	AL gain from BNP

Sheikh Hasina stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Rangpur-6, Narail-1, Narail-2, Barguna-3, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all but Rangpur-6, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other three, triggering by-elections in them. ^[10] Shahidul Islam of the BNP was elected in a January 2002 by-election. ^[11]

Narail-2 by-election, January 2002 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam	137,695	96.6	+48.4
	AL	Sohrab Hossain Biswas	2,508	1.8	-48.5
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman	1,162	0.8	+0.7
	JP(E)	Sharif Munir Hossain	473	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Sathi Talukdar	363	0.3	+0.2
	Independent	Mahabubul Alam Tuku	321	0.2	N/A
Majority			135,187	94.9	+92.8
Turnout			142,522	57.9	-20.1
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 2001: Narail-2 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	97,195	50.3	+5.4
	BNP	Shahidul Islam	93,081	48.2	+18.2
	IJOF	Md. Tozammel Sheikh	1,337	0.7	N/A
	WPB	Hafizur Rahman	1,186	0.6	-1.2
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman	148	0.1	-0.1
	Independent	Ashok Kundu	74	0.0	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Shamuel Subash Bose	52	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Emdadul Haq Nanu	50	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,114	2.1	-12.8
Turnout			193,123	78.0	-0.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Narail-2 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sharif Khasruzzaman	63,913	44.9	-0.1
	BNP	A. Kader Sikdar	42,718	30.0	+5.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nuru Nabi Jihadi	22,093	15.5	-8.1
	JP(E)	Saif Hafizur Rahman	7,474	5.3	+5.0
	WPB	Bimal Biswas	2,519	1.8	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Abdur Rahman Mollah	2,432	1.7	N/A
	Independent	S. M. Sarwar Hossain	566	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Shubhashish Bagchi	241	0.2	-0.1
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman	238	0.2	-0.1
Majority			21,195	14.9	-5.5
Turnout			142,194	78.2	+18.2
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Narail-2 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sharif Khashruzzaman	59,506	45.0
	BNP	Mokbul Hossain	32,516	24.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nurun Nabi Mollah	31,174	23.6
	UCL	Bimal Biswas	7,222	5.5
	JP(E)	Saif Hafizur Rahman	457	0.3
	Zaker Party	Mominuddin Munshi	439	0.3
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman	410	0.3
	FP	Md. Asasduzzaman	276	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Motaleb Shikder	120	0.1
Majority			26,990	20.4
Turnout			132,120	60.0
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Narail-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Narail-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 24–25, 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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12. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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