{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Narail-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নড়াইল-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Narail District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 317,844 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Ataur Rahman Bachchu]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Narail-1|93 Narail-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Bagerhat-1|95 Bagerhat-1]] →}} }} '''Narail-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Lohagara Upazila, Narail|Lohagara Upazila]] and all but five [[union parishad]]s of [[Narail Sadar Upazila]]: Bhadrabila, Bichhali, Kalora, Shaikhati, and Singasolpur.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah]], [[Jessore District|Jessore]], [[Magura District|Magura]], and [[Narail District|Narail]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Saif Hafizur Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Sharif Khasruzzaman]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | [[Abdul Quader Sikder]] | Independent |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Sharif Khasruzzaman]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | Jan 2002 by-election | [[Shahidul Islam (Mufti)|Shahidul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[SK Abu Bakr]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Workers Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Hafizur Rahman (politician)|Hafizur Rahman]] | [[Workers Party of Bangladesh|Workers Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Mashrafe Bin Mortaza]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Mashrafe Bin Mortaza]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Ataur Rahman Bachchu]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Ataur Rahman wins from Narail‑2 |url=https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360723 |website=BSS News |access-date=14 March 2026 |language=en}}</ref> |}
== Elections ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Narail-2}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Ataur Rahman Bachchu]] |votes = 118,142 |percentage = 37.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Md. Monirul Islam]] |votes = 78,457 |percentage = 24.6 |change =N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[AZM Fariduzzaman Farhad]] |votes = 45,463 |percentage = 14.3 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 39,685 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes =317844 |percentage =76.1 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Narail-2<ref name="2018results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] |votes = 271,210 |percentage = 96.06 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[AZM Fariduzzaman Farhad]] |votes = 7,883 |percentage = 2.79 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = SM Nassir Uddin |votes = 3,125 |percentage = 1.11 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Khandker Fayek Uzzaman |votes = 121 |percentage = 0.04 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 263,327 |percentage = 93.27 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 282,339 |percentage = 88.83 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 317,844 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Awami League |loser = Workers Party of Bangladesh }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Narail-2<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Hafizur Rahman (politician)|Hafizur Rahman]] |votes = 95,117 |percentage = 81.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sohrab Hossain Biswas |votes = 22,320 |percentage = 19.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 72,797 |percentage = 62.0 |change = +35.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 117,437 |percentage = 43.1 |change = -44.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Workers Party of Bangladesh |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Narail-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[SK Abu Bakr]] |votes = 125,458 |percentage = 59.8 |change = +58.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sharif Khasruzzaman]] |votes = 69,657 |percentage = 33.2 |change = -63.4 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = National People's Party |candidate = [[AZM Fariduzzaman Farhad]] |votes = 292 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish |candidate = Imarnuzzaman |votes = 11,253 |percentage = 5.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = S. M. Nasir Uddin |votes = 2,408 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Delip Kumar Adhikari |votes = 575 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 55,801 |percentage = 26.6 |change = -68.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 209,643 |percentage = 87.4 |change = +29.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
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.<ref name="ec8th" /> Shahidul Islam of the BNP was elected in a January 2002 by-election.<ref name="ec8th-by" />
{{Election box begin | title=Narail-2 by-election, January 2002<ref name="ec8th-by" /> }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahidul Islam (Mufti)|Shahidul Islam]] |votes = 137,695 |percentage = 96.6 |change = +48.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Sohrab Hossain Biswas |votes = 2,508 |percentage = 1.8 |change = -48.5 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 1,162 |percentage = 0.8 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Sharif Munir Hossain |votes = 473 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Sathi Talukdar |votes = 363 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mahabubul Alam Tuku |votes = 321 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 135,187 |percentage = 94.9 |change = +92.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 142,522 |percentage = 57.9 |change = -20.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Narail-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Hasina]] |votes = 97,195 |percentage = 50.3 |change = +5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahidul Islam (Mufti)|Shahidul Islam]] |votes = 93,081 |percentage = 48.2 |change = +18.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Tozammel Sheikh |votes = 1,337 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Hafizur Rahman (politician)|Hafizur Rahman]] |votes = 1,186 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -1.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 148 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ashok Kundu |votes = 74 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Ganatantri Party |candidate = Shamuel Subash Bose |votes = 52 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Emdadul Haq Nanu |votes = 50 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,114 |percentage = 2.1 |change = -12.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 193,123 |percentage = 78.0 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Narail-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sharif Khasruzzaman]] |votes = 63,913 |percentage = 44.9 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = A. Kader Sikdar |votes = 42,718 |percentage = 30.0 |change = +5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Nuru Nabi Jihadi |votes = 22,093 |percentage = 15.5 |change = -8.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Saif Hafizur Rahman]] |votes = 7,474 |percentage = 5.3 |change = +5.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Bimal Biswas]] |votes = 2,519 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abdur Rahman Mollah |votes = 2,432 |percentage = 1.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = S. M. Sarwar Hossain |votes = 566 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Shubhashish Bagchi |votes = 241 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 238 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,195 |percentage = 14.9 |change = -5.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 142,194 |percentage = 78.2 |change = +18.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Narail-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sharif Khashruzzaman]] |votes = 59,506 |percentage = 45.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Mokbul Hossain |votes = 32,516 |percentage = 24.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Nurun Nabi Mollah |votes = 31,174 |percentage = 23.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Communist League of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Bimal Biswas]] |votes = 7,222 |percentage = 5.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Saif Hafizur Rahman]] |votes = 457 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mominuddin Munshi |votes = 439 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 410 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Asasduzzaman |votes = 276 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Motaleb Shikder |votes = 120 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,990 |percentage = 20.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 132,120 |percentage = 60.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Narail-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Narail-2&d=khulna |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhinaidaha.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Narail-2 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=94 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118080702/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=94 |archive-date=18 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=091&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ec8th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |pages=24–25, 38 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ec8th-by">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |pages=358, 367 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=94 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002733/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=94 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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