Khulna-4

Khulna-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Khulna District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	310,476 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	AL
Member(s)	Abdus Salam Murshedy

Khulna-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Abdus Salam Murshedy of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Rupsa and Terokhada upazilas, and all but two union parishads of Dighalia Upazila: ^[2] Arongghata and Jugipole.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Dighalia Upazila: Ayongghata and Jogipole. ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Sheikh Abdul Aziz	Awami League [5]
	1979	Abdul Latif Khan	Awami League [6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Sheikh Shahidur Rahman	Workers Party of Bangladesh [7]
	1988	Moktar Hossain	[8]
	1991	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	Awami League
	February 1996	M. Nurul Islam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	Awami League
	2001	M. Nurul Islam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Molla Jalal Uddin	Awami League
	2014	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	Awami League
	2018 by-election	Abdus Salam Murshedy	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mostafa Rashidi Suja died in July 2018. ^[9] Abdus Salam Murshedy was elected unopposed on 4 September, as he was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month. ^[10]

Mostafa Rashidi Suja was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Khulna-4 ^{[3] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Molla Jalal Uddin	109,216	50.6	+8.3
	BNP	Sharif Shah Kamal	97,547	45.2	-9.0
	IAB	Younus Ahammed Sheikh	8,837	4.1	N/A
	BML	Wazir Ali Morol	176	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,669	5.4	-6.5
Turnout			215,776	88.9	+7.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Khulna-4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. Nurul Islam	102,957	54.2	+15.7
	AL	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	80,307	42.3	+2.2
	IJOF	Mallik Mahiuddin	6,396	3.4	N/A
	Independent	Nurunnabi Khan Paltu	301	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Mallik Sahidul Islam	77	0.0	N/A
Majority			22,650	11.9	+10.3
Turnout			190,038	81.0	+2.2
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	59,566	40.1	+5.3
	BNP	M. Nurul Islam	57,221	38.5	+7.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Hamid	12,655	8.5	N/A
	JP(E)	Mollah Momin Uddin Ahmmed	10,485	7.1	-11.1
	IOJ	Shakhawat Hossain	8,448	5.7	-2.9
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	S. M. Moslem Uddin	165	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,345	1.6	-2.3
Turnout			148,540	78.8	+20.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Khulna-4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostafa Rashidi Suja	41,693	34.8
	BNP	A. Khaled Md. Zia Uddin	37,071	31.0
	JP(E)	Kazi Aminul Haq	21,816	18.2
	IOJ	Shakhawat Hossain	10,316	8.6
	UCL	Sayeedur Rahman Sheikh	4,362	3.6
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin)	S. M. Amzad Hossain	1,659	1.4
	Independent	Shahidul Islam	1,416	1.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Moinul Islam	618	0.5
	Independent	Moktar Hossain	322	0.3
	Zaker Party	S. M. Abul Hossain	298	0.2
	BAKSAL	Sk. Abdus Salam	118	0.1
Majority			4,622	3.9
Turnout			119,689	58.3
	BNP gain from

References

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2. "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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9. "Ex-whip Mostafa Suja passes away". The Daily Star. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
10. "Salam Murshedy elected Khulna-4 MP in uncontested by-polls". bdnews24.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
11. 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.
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14. "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.

External links

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

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