Narail-2

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

Narail-2
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictNarail District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate3,17,844 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Current MPMashrafe Mortaza

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
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Saif Hafizur Rahman Jatiya Party[5][6]
1991 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 % ±
Awami League Mashrafe Mortaza 2,71,210 N/A
BNP AZM Fariduzzaman 7,883 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Awami League gain from Workers Party
General Election 2014: Narail-2[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Workers Party 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
Workers Party gain from Awami League

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Narail-2[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League SK Abu Bakr 125,458 59.8 +58.0
BNP Sharif Khasruzzaman 69,657 33.2 -63.4
BKM 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
Awami League 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
Awami League 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 Awami League
General Election 2001: Narail-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Workers Party 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
Awami League hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Narail-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Workers Party 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
Awami League hold
General Election 1991: Narail-2[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League gain from JP(E)

References
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