Netrokona-2

Netrokona-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District Netrokona District
Division Mymensingh Division
Electorate 343,927 (2014)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1984
Party Awami League
Member(s) Arif Khan Joy

Netrokona-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Arif Khan Joy of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Barhatta and Netrokona Sadar upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded one union parishad of Netrokona Sadar Upazila: Maugati.[2][3][5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Fazlur Rahman Khan Awami League[6]
1988 Golam Rabbani [7]
1991 Abu Abbas Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Fazlur Rahman Khan Awami League
2001 Abdul Momin Awami League
2004 by-election Abu Abbas Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Ashraf Ali Khan Khoshru Awami League
2014 Arif Khan Joy Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Netrokona-2[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Arif Khan Joy 89,128 77.0 +10.6
Independent Abdun Nur Khan 26,153 22.6 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Ayub Ali 484 0.4 N/A
Majority 62,975 54.4 +20.2
Turnout 115,765 33.7 -50.4
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Netrokona-2[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Ashraf Ali Khan Khoshru 164,076 66.4
BNP Ashraf Uddin Khan 79,572 32.2
Jatiya Party (E) Fakir Ashraf 1,652 0.7
Independent Mohammad Zafrullah Khan 1,069 0.4
Independent Noyan Datta 842 0.3
Majority 84,504 34.2
Turnout 247,211 84.1
Awami League gain from BNP

Abdul Momin died in July 2004.[11] Abu Abbas of the BNP was elected in an October 2004 by-election.[12]

General Election 2001: Netrokona-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Abdul Momin 108,514 48.1 +2.2
BNP Abu Abbas 101,320 44.9 +13.2
IJOF Mostafizur Rahman 13,073 5.8 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Monoranjan Singh 1,883 0.8 N/A
BKA Abdur Raqib 691 0.3 -0.3
Majority 7,194 3.2 -11.0
Turnout 225,481 77.4 +3.7
Awami League hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Netrokona-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Fazlur Rahman Khan 75,595 45.9 +11.7
BNP Abu Abbas 52,253 31.7 -8.0
Jatiya Party (E) Fakir Asraf 30,869 18.7 +5.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Emamul Haque 3,933 2.4 N/A
BKA Mohammad Zafrullah Khan 1,011 0.6 -0.2
Zaker Party Nawab Gazi 475 0.3 0.0
Gano Forum K. M. Fazlul Kader 364 0.2 N/A
Independent Mohammad Anwarul Islam 146 0.1 N/A
NAP (Bhashani) AKM Mozammel Haque 85 0.1 N/A
Majority 23,342 14.2 +8.7
Turnout 164,731 73.7 +21.6
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Netrokona-2[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Abu Abbas 47,191 39.7
Awami League Fazlur Rahman Khan 40,604 34.2
Jatiya Party (E) Ashraf Uddin Khan 16,344 13.7
Independent S. M. Fazlul Kader 7,078 6.0
Ganatantri Party Azizul Islam Khan 4,594 3.9
Independent Nirmalendu Gun Chowdhury 1,249 1.1
BKA Mohammad Zafrullah Khan 919 0.8
JSD (R) Motalib Khan Pathan 604 0.5
Zaker Party Fazlul Haq 305 0.3
Majority 6,587 5.5
Turnout 118,888 52.1
BNP gain from [[|N/A]]

References

  1. 1 2 "Netrokona-2". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "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: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Netrokona-2". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "AL's Netrakona MP Momin passes away". The Daily Star. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Alliance wins Netrokona-2 by-polls". The Daily Star. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "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.
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Coordinates: 24°52′N 90°44′E / 24.87°N 90.73°E / 24.87; 90.73


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