Bhola-4

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Bhola-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Bhola District
Division Barisal Division
Electorate372,948 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984

Bhola-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Char Fasson and Manpura upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Saad Zagulul Faruk Jatiya Party [4] [5]
1991 M. M. Nazrul Islam Awami League
1992 by-election Jafar Ullah Chowdhury
1996 Nazimuddin Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Abdullah Al Islam Jakob Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdullah Al Islam Jacob was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bhola-4 [2] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdullah Al Islam Jacob 134,83158.2+25.1
BNP Nazim Uddin Alam 95,73241.3−18.7
BDB Md. Sirajul Islam1,0170.4N/A
Majority39,09916.9−10.0
Turnout 231,58084.5+27.2
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Bhola-4 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Nazim Uddin Alam 94,22660.0+4.0
AL Abdullah Al Islam Jacob 51,93733.1−4.3
Independent Jafar Ullah Chowdhury9,6486.2N/A
IJOF A. T. M. Kamal Hossain9530.6N/A
Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata PartyMd. Sirajul Islam1970.1N/A
Majority42,28926.9+8.6
Turnout 156,96157.3−8.9
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bhola-4 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Nazim Uddin Alam 64,32855.6+42.9
AL Jafar Ullah Chowdhury43,21337.4−8.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Ziaul Morshed3,2422.8−7.1
JP(E) Motahar Hossain2,0951.8−28.3
IOJ Siddque Ullah1,9531.7+1.5
Islamic Sashantantrik AndolanMd. Shahadat Hossain3990.4N/A
Gano Forum Momtaz Begum3970.3N/A
Majority21,11518.3+2.9
Turnout 115,62766.2+31.7
BNP gain from AL

M. M. Nazrul Islam died in office in September 1992. [10] Jafar Ullah Chowdhury was elected in a December 1992 by-election. [11]

General Election 1991: Bhola-4 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL M. M. Nazrul Islam 32,71945.5
JP(E) Naziur Rahman Manzur 21,63830.1
BNP A. K. F. Aminul Ekram9,11012.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Shahjahan MA7,0979.9
Zaker PartyYakub Ali Chowdhury6170.9
BAKSAL A. Malek3300.5
Independent Ansar Uddin2620.4
IOJ Md. Oli Ullah Miah1140.2
Majority11,08115.4
Turnout 71,87734.5
AL gain from JP(E)

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