Nazrul in General Election-1926

Nazrul submitted his nomination in the election of Parliament of india, upper house from EastBengal in 1926. There were two reserved Muslim seats in Dhaka Division with Dhaka, Faridpur, Barisal and Mymensingh district.The no. voters on the basis of holdinmgs of property were some more than 18 thousnd only.The following persons contested for this two seats.
1. Muhammad Ismail Chiudhury, Zaminder of Barisal,
2. Abdul Halim Gajnabi, Zaminder of Tangail
3. Abdul Karim of the house   of Nabab of Dhaka,
4. Mafizuddin Ahmed, and
5. Nazrul Islam.
Nazrul went to Calcutta from Krishnanagar on 28th Oct 1926 to appeal for support of Congress. He met Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Nazrul got Rs.300/- from him as financial support. nazrul was request by his friends of "Ganabani" not to contest in the election.But Muzaffar Ahmed  and Abdul Halim went to East Bengal accompanying Nazrul for campaigning in the election on 29th Oct. But they returned to Calcutta at the sudden news of death of their colleague and Brother Of Abdul Halim, Shyamsuddin Hosen.Nazrul received telegram and went hurriedly to East Bengal. It seemed to be very difficult for Nazrul to win over this election because the orthodox Muslims were annoyed with him for his inter-religion marriage.but Nazrul was successful in securing blessings from the famous Pir Badsah Mina of Faridpur. He appealed to all the Muslims asking to vote for Nazrul send a written messa to all;

Still he could not win over thge election. those who won the election were, 1. Md.Ismail Choudhury , zaminder of Barisal, 2. Abdul Halim Gajnabi, Zaminder of Tangail.