{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Narayanganj-2 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = নারায়ণগঞ্জ-২.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Narayanganj District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Dhaka Division]] |population = |electorate = 364,098 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Nazrul Islam Azad]] |next = |previous = |module = {{align|left|← [[Narayanganj-1|204 Narayanganj-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Narayanganj-3|206 Narayanganj-3]] →}} }} '''Narayanganj-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Araihazar Upazila]], integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]], [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]], [[Gazipur District|Gazipur]], [[Narsingdi District|Narsingdi]], and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj]].
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | rowspan="2" | [[M. A. Awal (Narayanganj politician)|M. A. Awal]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Ataur Rahman Khan Angur]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Ataur Rahman Khan Angur]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="4" | [[Nazrul Islam Babu]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Nazrul Islam Azad]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Narayanganj-2<ref>{{cite web |title=নারায়ণগঞ্জ-২ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/205 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Nazrul Islam Azad]] |votes=124,291 |percentage=53.13 |change=+13.43 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Ilias Mollah |votes=81,054 |percentage=34.65 |change=+32.05 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 43,237 |percentage = 18.48 |change = +15.78 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 233,906 |percentage = 64.24 |change = -27.06 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 364,098 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in the 2010s === Nazrul Islam Babu was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Narayanganj-2<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Nazrul Islam Babu]] |votes = 117,435 |percentage = 59.3 |change = +18.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = A. M. Badruzzaman Khan |votes = 78,675 |percentage = 39.7 |change = -17.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Habibullah |votes = 1,671 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan]] |votes = 377 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 38,760 |percentage = 19.6 |change = -3.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 198,158 |percentage = 91.3 |change = +10.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Narayanganj-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ataur Rahman Khan Angur]] |votes = 89,757 |percentage = 57.4 |change = +11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan]] |votes = 64,482 |percentage = 41.3 |change = -5.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Mamtaz Hasan |votes = 1,330 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khokon Jasim |votes = 419 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Hafizul Islam |votes = 271 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 25,275 |percentage = 16.2 |change = +15.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 156,259 |percentage = 80.5 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Narayanganj-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan]] |votes = 58,947 |percentage = 46.8 |change = +26.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ataur Rahman Khan Angur]] |votes = 58,388 |percentage = 46.4 |change = +12.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Alamgir Shikdar Loton |votes = 4,238 |percentage = 3.4 |change = +3.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ilias Molla |votes = 3,251 |percentage = 2.6 |change = -3.5 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan |votes = 661 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -6.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Qazi Md. Sajawar Hossain |votes = 243 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = Abu Bakar Siddique Khan |votes = 238 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 559 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 125,966 |percentage = 82.8 |change = +15.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Narayanganj-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ataur Rahman Khan Angur]] |votes = 38,400 |percentage = 34.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque Bhuiyan]] |votes = 35,353 |percentage = 31.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Mamtaz Hossein |votes = 23,047 |percentage = 20.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Zakir Hossein |votes = 8,056 |percentage = 7.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ilias Molla |votes = 6,830 |percentage = 6.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[M. A. Awal (Narayanganj politician)|M. A. Awal]] |votes = 404 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Hafizul Islam |votes = 123 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal |candidate = Md. Rup Miah |votes = 113 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,047 |percentage = 2.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 112,326 |percentage = 67.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Narayanganj-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Narayanganj-2&d=dhaka |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="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</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 |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=201&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="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=203 |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/20081228234809/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=203 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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