Gazipur-4 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Gazipur District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 267,394 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Simeen Hussain Rimi |
Gazipur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2012 by Simeen Hussain Rimi of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Kapasia Upazila. [2] [3]
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.
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 added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-4. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Simeen Hussain Rimi | 112,887 | 92.3 | +22.8 | |
JP(E) | MM Anowar Hossain | 7,833 | 6.4 | N/A | |
BNF | Mohammad Saruyare Kaynat | 1,626 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 105,054 | 85.9 | +45.3 | ||
Turnout | 122,346 | 53.3 | +10.0 | ||
AL hold | |||||
Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj submitted a letter of resignation from parliament on 23 April 2012. On procedural grounds it was not accepted, but when he again tendered his resignation on 7 July 2012, the seat was declared vacant. [9] Simeen Hussain Rimi, his sister, was elected in a September 2012 by-election. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Simeen Hussain Rimi | 63,401 | 69.5 | +7.2 | |
Independent | Afsaruddin Ahmad | 26,349 | 28.9 | N/A | |
CPB | Asadullah Badal | 1,428 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 37,052 | 40.6 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 91,178 | 43.3 | -44.5 | ||
AL hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj | 110,682 | 62.3 | +11.1 | |
BNP | Mohammad Abdul Majid | 64,466 | 36.3 | -9.5 | |
IAB | Azahar Hossain Khan | 1,191 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Mahmudul Alam Khan | 933 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Farida Yasmin | 208 | 0.1 | N/A | |
National People's Party | Md. Asraf Hossain Sarkar | 82 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 46,216 | 26.0 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 177,562 | 87.8 | +8.3 | ||
AL hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj | 80,675 | 51.2 | +3.2 | |
BNP | ASM Hannan Shah | 72,082 | 45.8 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Fakir Iskander Alam | 3,238 | 2.1 | N/A | |
IJOF | Mostafizur Rahman | 1,322 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Abdul Mazid | 136 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Mahmudul Alam Khan | 55 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,593 | 5.5 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 157,508 | 79.5 | +0.6 | ||
AL hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Afsaruddin Ahmad | 56,504 | 48.0 | +6.7 | |
BNP | ASM Hannan Shah | 49,627 | 42.2 | -2.4 | |
JP(E) | Md. Abdul Majid | 5,838 | 5.0 | +3.9 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | A. K. M. Abdur Rashid | 3,486 | 3.0 | -1.3 | |
IOJ | Md. Faiz Uddin | 1,178 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Abdul Kabir | 546 | 0.5 | -7.7 | |
CPB | Md. Altaf Hossain | 175 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Mahabubur Rahman | 133 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Islami Party | Md. Nazim Uddin Sheikh | 132 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Abdul Qasem | 90 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Shihab Uddin Mahmud | 40 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,877 | 5.8 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 117,749 | 78.9 | +19.0 | ||
AL hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | ASM Hannan Shah | 46,766 | 44.6 | ||
AL | Syeda Zohra Tajuddin | 43,255 | 41.3 | ||
Zaker Party | Abdul Kabir | 8,549 | 8.2 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | A. Rashid | 4,532 | 4.3 | ||
JP(E) | Mostafizur Rahman | 1,107 | 1.1 | ||
Independent | Moazzem Hossain | 339 | 0.3 | ||
CPB | Md. Shahidullah | 216 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,511 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 104,764 | 59.9 | |||
BNP hold | |||||
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