{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Noakhali-2 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নোয়াখালী-২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Noakhali District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 273,851 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Vacant | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = None | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Noakhali-1|268 Noakhali-1]]}}{{align|right|[[Noakhali-3|270 Noakhali-3]] →}} }} '''Noakhali-2''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Senbagh Upazila]] and three [[union parishad]]s of [[Sonaimuri Upazila]]: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, and Nateshwar.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
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}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Khawaja Ahmed]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Rafiquzzaman Bhuiyan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mostafizur Rahman (Noakhali politician)|Mostafizur Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[MA Hashem]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Morshed Alam]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |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]] | [[Morshed Alam]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League ]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Morshed Alam was 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]]: Noakhali-2<ref name="ec9th" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] |votes = 87,463 |percentage = 55.9 |change = -6.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jamal Uddin Ahmed |votes = 67,497 |percentage = 43.1 |change = +14.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Nur Islam |votes = 1,069 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jatiya Party |candidate = Mohammad Momin Ullah |votes = 452 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,966 |percentage = 12.8 |change = -21.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 156,481 |percentage = 82.8 |change = +22.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Noakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[MA Hashem]] |votes = 158,737 |percentage = 62.2 |change = +16.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = A. B. M. Jafar Ullah |votes = 72,134 |percentage = 28.2 |change = -1.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = A. B. M. Haroonur Rashid Bashar |votes = 19,782 |percentage = 7.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = [[Mostafizur Rahman (Noakhali politician)|Mostafizur Rahman]] |votes = 2,266 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = A. T. M. Karim Hossain |votes = 825 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Lion Khurshid Alam Khasru |votes = 546 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Jahir Ahammad |votes = 263 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Mir Mosharraf Hossain Miran |votes = 246 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = A. K. M. Golam Kabir |votes = 233 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Kazi Md. Rafiq Ullah |votes = 159 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) |candidate = Shyamal Kanti Dey |votes = 134 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. S. M. Salim |votes = 77 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 86,603 |percentage = 33.9 |change = +17.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 255,402 |percentage = 60.3 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Noakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] |votes = 84,307 |percentage = 45.8 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = M. A. Sattar Bhuiyan |votes = 53,987 |percentage = 29.3 |change = +5.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Morshed Alam |votes = 27,375 |percentage = 14.9 |change = +7.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Nurullah |votes = 14,894 |percentage = 8.1 |change = -5.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Mostofa Al Husaini |votes = 2,643 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = A. K. M. Golam Kabir |votes = 339 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Siddique Ullah |votes = 261 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -2.0 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = A. K .M. Kefayetullah |votes = 249 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 30,320 |percentage = 16.5 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 184,055 |percentage = 61.0 |change = +26.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Noakhali-2<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] |votes = 53,671 |percentage = 41.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Hanif |votes = 31,353 |percentage = 24.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abul Kasem |votes = 18,248 |percentage = 14.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Golam Sarwar |votes = 9,254 |percentage = 7.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = [[Mostafizur Rahman (Noakhali politician)|Mostafizur Rahman]] |votes = 6,896 |percentage = 5.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Faruk |votes = 3,014 |percentage = 2.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Siddiq Ullah |votes = 2,695 |percentage = 2.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = M. A. Bari |votes = 1,463 |percentage = 1.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. M. N. Anwar |votes = 867 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = A. K. M. Golam Kabir |votes = 682 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abul Bashar |votes = 608 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Monir Uddin Khandakar |votes = 489 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatia Mukti Dal |candidate = Nur Md. Khan |votes = 343 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) |candidate = Hossain Ahmad Chowdhury |votes = 315 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Md. Ajhar Ullah Bhuiyan |votes = 88 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,318 |percentage = 17.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 129,986 |percentage = 35.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Noakhali-2 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Noakhali-2&d=chattogram |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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</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=261&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="ec9th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/36Sa01LjyXk71kuGw5U1oK5zGEvYq8LxRx5sm0MG.pdf |script-title=bn:পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন |trans-title=Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |page=25}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=270 |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/20081228235332/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=270 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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