Noakhali-2

Noakhali-2 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has remained vacant.

Noakhali-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Noakhali District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	273,851 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Noakhali-1 (Constituency 268)
Next Constituency	Noakhali-3 (Constituency 270)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Senbagh Upazila and three union parishads of Sonaimuri Upazila: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, and Nateshwar.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.^{[citation needed]}

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Khawaja Ahmed	Awami League[6]
	1979	Rafiquzzaman Bhuiyan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	1986	Mostafizur Rahman	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[8][9]
	1988
	1991	Barkat Ullah Bulu	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001	MA Hashem
	2008	Zainul Abdin Farroque
	2014	Morshed Alam	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Morshed Alam was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Noakhali-2^[11][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Zainul Abdin Farroque	87,463	55.9	−6.3
	AL	Jamal Uddin Ahmed	67,497	43.1	+14.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nur Islam	1,069	0.7	N/A
	BJP	Mohammad Momin Ullah	452	0.3	N/A
Majority			19,966	12.8	−21.1
Turnout			156,481	82.8	+22.5
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Noakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	MA Hashem	158,737	62.2	+16.4
	AL	A. B. M. Jafar Ullah	72,134	28.2	−1.1
	IJOF	A. B. M. Haroonur Rashid Bashar	19,782	7.8	N/A
	JSD	Mostafizur Rahman	2,266	0.9	N/A
	BKA	A. T. M. Karim Hossain	825	0.3	+0.2
	Independent	Lion Khurshid Alam Khasru	546	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Jahir Ahammad	263	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Mir Mosharraf Hossain Miran	246	0.1	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. K. M. Golam Kabir	233	0.1	−0.1
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Kazi Md. Rafiq Ullah	159	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	Shyamal Kanti Dey	134	0.1	N/A
	Independent	A. S. M. Salim	77	0.0	N/A
Majority			86,603	33.9	+17.4
Turnout			255,402	60.3	−0.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Barkat Ullah Bulu	84,307	45.8	+4.5
	AL	M. A. Sattar Bhuiyan	53,987	29.3	+5.2
	JP(E)	Morshed Alam	27,375	14.9	+7.8
	JI	Md. Nurullah	14,894	8.1	−5.9
	IOJ	Mostofa Al Husaini	2,643	1.4	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. K. M. Golam Kabir	339	0.2	−0.3
	BKA	Md. Siddique Ullah	261	0.1	−2.0
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	A. K .M. Kefayetullah	249	0.1	N/A
Majority			30,320	16.5	−0.7
Turnout			184,055	61.0	+26.0
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Noakhali-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Barkat Ullah Bulu	53,671	41.3
	AL	Md. Hanif	31,353	24.1
	JI	Abul Kasem	18,248	14.0
	JP(E)	Golam Sarwar	9,254	7.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mostafizur Rahman	6,896	5.3
	FP	Md. Faruk	3,014	2.3
	BKA	Md. Siddiq Ullah	2,695	2.1
	Bangladesh Janata Party	M. A. Bari	1,463	1.1
	Zaker Party	A. M. N. Anwar	867	0.7
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. K. M. Golam Kabir	682	0.5
	WPB	Abul Bashar	608	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Monir Uddin Khandakar	489	0.4
	Jatia Mukti Dal	Nur Md. Khan	343	0.3
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	Hossain Ahmad Chowdhury	315	0.2
	BAKSAL	Md. Ajhar Ullah Bhuiyan	88	0.1
Majority			22,318	17.2
Turnout			129,986	35.0
	BNP gain from JP(E)