Netrokona-2

Netrokona-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru of the Awami League.

Netrokona-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Netrokona District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	396,255 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 157 Netrokona-1 159 Netrokona-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Barhatta and Netrokona Sadar upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.^[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had excluded one union parishad of Netrokona Sadar Upazila: Maugati.^[2][3][5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Jalal Uddin Talukder	Awami League[6]
	1988	Golam Rabbani	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Abu Abbas	BNP
	1996	Fazlur Rahman Khan	Awami League
	2001	Abdul Momin
	2004 by-election	Abu Abbas	BNP
	2008	Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru	Awami League[1]
	2014	Arif Khan Joy
	2018	Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Netrokona-2^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Arif Khan Joy	89,128	77.0	+10.6
	Independent	Abdun Nur Khan	26,153	22.6	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Ayub Ali	484	0.4	N/A
Majority			62,975	54.4	+20.2
Turnout			115,765	33.7	−50.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Netrokona-2^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ashraf Ali Khan Khoshru	164,076	66.4
	BNP	Ashraf Uddin Khan	79,572	32.2
	JP(E)	Fakir Ashraf	1,652	0.7
	Independent	Mohammad Zafrullah Khan	1,069	0.4
	Independent	Noyan Datta	842	0.3
Majority			84,504	34.2
Turnout			247,211	84.1
	AL gain from BNP

Abdul Momin died in July 2004.^[12] Abu Abbas of the BNP was elected in an October 2004 by-election.^[13]

General Election 2001: Netrokona-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Momin	108,514	48.1	+2.2
	BNP	Abu Abbas	101,320	44.9	+13.2
	IJOF	Mostafizur Rahman	13,073	5.8	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Monoranjan Singh	1,883	0.8	N/A
	BKA	Abdur Raqib	691	0.3	−0.3
Majority			7,194	3.2	−11.0
Turnout			225,481	77.4	+3.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Fazlur Rahman Khan	75,595	45.9	+11.7
	BNP	Abu Abbas	52,253	31.7	−8.0
	JP(E)	Fakir Asraf	30,869	18.7	+5.0
	JI	Md. Emamul Haque	3,933	2.4	N/A
	BKA	Mohammad Zafrullah Khan	1,011	0.6	−0.2
	Zaker Party	Nawab Gazi	475	0.3	0.0
	Gano Forum	K. M. Fazlul Kader	364	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mohammad Anwarul Islam	146	0.1	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	AKM Mozammel Haque	85	0.1	N/A
Majority			23,342	14.2	+8.7
Turnout			164,731	73.7	+21.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Netrokona-2^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abu Abbas	47,191	39.7
	AL	Fazlur Rahman Khan	40,604	34.2
	JP(E)	Ashraf Uddin Khan	16,344	13.7
	Independent	S. M. Fazlul Kader	7,078	6.0
	Ganatantri Party	Azizul Islam Khan	4,594	3.9
	Independent	Nirmalendu Gun Chowdhury	1,249	1.1
	BKA	Mohammad Zafrullah Khan	919	0.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Motalib Khan Pathan	604	0.5
	Zaker Party	Fazlul Haq	305	0.3
Majority			6,587	5.5
Turnout			118,888	52.1
	BNP gain from