Barisal-4

Barisal-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Barisal District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	323,573 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 121 Barisal-3 123 Barisal-5 →

Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Yusuf Hossain Humayun	Awami League [6]
	1979	Siddiqur Rahman	BNP [7]
	1986	Maidul Islam	Jatiya Party (Ershad) [8] [9]
	1991	Mohiuddin Ahmed	Awami League
	1996	Shah M. Abul Hussain	BNP
	2008	Md. Mazbauddin Farhad
	2014	Pankaj Nath	Awami League
	2024		Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Barisal-4 ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Pankaj Nath	175,413	94.2	+50.0
	BNF	Anjuman Salah Uddin	5,629	3.0	N/A
	JP(E)	Sheikh Md. Joynal Abedin	5,265	2.8	N/A
Majority			169,784	91.1	+88.9
Turnout			186,307	67.9	−16.8
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-4 ^{[2] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Mazbauddin Farhad	92,856	46.4	−20.4
	AL	Maidul Islam	88,483	44.2	+21.1
	IAB	Sayed Md. Mosaddeq Billah	18,455	9.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	M. Fazlul Hoque	218	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Shah M. Abul Hussain	157	0.1	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Abdus Sattar Sikder	106	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,373	2.2	−41.5
Turnout			200,275	84.8	+32.2
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Barisal-4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shah M. Abul Hussain	65,091	66.8	+12.7
	AL	Md. Mahsin Shikder	22,502	23.1	−0.9
	Jatiya Party (M)	Anisur Rahman Chowdhury	5,295	5.4	N/A
	IJOF	Gazi Md. Abul Based	4,158	4.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Awolad Hossain	333	0.3	N/A
Majority			42,589	43.7	+13.6
Turnout			97,379	52.6	−19.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Barisal-4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shah M. Abul Hussain	50,830	54.1	+38.3
	AL	Mohiuddin Ahmed	22,556	24.0	+0.9
	JP(E)	A. Zabber Talukdar	10,414	11.1	−2.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mahmud Al Mamun	9,577	10.2	−13.0
	Zaker Party	M. A. Razzak	506	0.5	−0.6
	NDP	H. M. Ruhul Amin	69	0.1	N/A
Majority			28,274	30.1	−14.1
Turnout			93,952	72.3	+34.6
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Barisal-4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohiuddin Ahmed	22,093	30.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Mahmud Hossain Al Mamun	16,943	23.2
	BNP	Khandakar Mazharul Islam	11,576	15.8
	JP(E)	Maidul Islam	9,995	13.7
	BAKSAL	Md. Shahjahan Khan	8,783	12.0
	Jatiya Jukta Front	Mostafa Hamid Chowdhury	1,270	1.7
	Bangladesh Janata Party	A. S. M. Shahidul Islam	836	1.1
	Zaker Party	A. Razzak Dhali	795	1.1
	Jatiya Biplobi Front	Abdur Rahman Khan	644	0.9
	JSD (S)	Abdul Zalil	169	0.2
Majority			32,322	44.2
Turnout			73,104	37.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Barishal-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "Barisal-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Barisal-4". AmarMP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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