# Noakhali-2

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

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Senbagh Upazila and three union parishads of Sonaimuri Upazila: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, and Nateshwar.

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

## Members of Parliament

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

## 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.

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Noakhali-2 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,966 | 12.8 | −21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,481 | 82.8 | +22.5 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |
General Election 2001: Noakhali-2 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 86,603 | 33.9 | +17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 255,402 | 60.3 | −0.7 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-2 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,320 | 16.5 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,055 | 61.0 | +26.0 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |
General Election 1991: Noakhali-2 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 22,318 | 17.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,986 | 35.0 | |
| | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) |