Bhola-4

Bhola-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bhola District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	372,948 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob

Bhola-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Abdullah Al Islam Jacob of the Awami League.

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

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Saad Zagulul Faruk	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	M. M. Nazrul Islam	Awami League
	1992 by-election	Jafar Ullah Chowdhury	Awami League
	1996	Nazimuddin Alam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob	Awami League
	2014	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob	Awami League
	2018	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob	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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob	134,831	58.2	+25.1
	BNP	Nazim Uddin Alam	95,732	41.3	-18.7
	BDB	Md. Sirajul Islam	1,017	0.4	N/A
Majority			39,099	16.9	-10.0
Turnout			231,580	84.5	+27.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bhola-4 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazim Uddin Alam	94,226	60.0	+4.0
	AL	Abdullah Al Islam Jacob	51,937	33.1	-4.3
	Independent	Jafar Ullah Chowdhury	9,648	6.2	N/A
	IJOF	A. T. M. Kamal Hossain	953	0.6	N/A
	Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party	Md. Sirajul Islam	197	0.1	N/A
Majority			42,289	26.9	+8.6
Turnout			156,961	57.3	-8.9
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bhola-4 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazim Uddin Alam	64,328	55.6	+42.9
	AL	Jafar Ullah Chowdhury	43,213	37.4	-8.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ziaul Morshed	3,242	2.8	-7.1
	JP(E)	Motahar Hossain	2,095	1.8	-28.3
	IOJ	Siddque Ullah	1,953	1.7	+1.5
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Md. Shahadat Hossain	399	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Momtaz Begum	397	0.3	N/A
Majority			21,115	18.3	+2.9
Turnout			115,627	66.2	+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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	M. M. Nazrul Islam	32,719	45.5
	JP(E)	Naziur Rahman Manzur	21,638	30.1
	BNP	A. K. F. Aminul Ekram	9,110	12.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Shahjahan MA	7,097	9.9
	Zaker Party	Yakub Ali Chowdhury	617	0.9
	BAKSAL	A. Malek	330	0.5
	Independent	Ansar Uddin	262	0.4
	IOJ	Md. Oli Ullah Miah	114	0.2
Majority			11,081	15.4
Turnout			71,877	34.5
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Bhola-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. 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. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
10. অধ্যক্ষ নজরুল ইসলামের ২৬তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ [Today is the 26th death anniversary of Principal Nazrul Islam]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 17 September 2018.
11. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN   978-0-7546-1628-3.

External links

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

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