Khulna-4

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Khulna-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Khulna District
Division Khulna Division
Electorate310,476 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

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

Contents

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

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

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Molla Jalal Uddin 109,21650.6+8.3
BNP Sharif Shah Kamal97,54745.2−9.0
IAB Younus Ahammed Sheikh8,8374.1N/A
BML Wazir Ali Morol1760.1N/A
Majority 11,6695.4−6.5
Turnout 215,77688.9+7.9
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Khulna-4 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP M. Nurul Islam 102,95754.2+15.7
AL Mostafa Rashidi Suja 80,30742.3+2.2
IJOF Mallik Mahiuddin6,3963.4N/A
Independent Nurunnabi Khan Paltu3010.2N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Mallik Sahidul Islam770.0N/A
Majority 22,65011.9+10.3
Turnout 190,03881.0+2.2
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Khulna-4 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Mostafa Rashidi Suja 59,56640.1+5.3
BNP M. Nurul Islam 57,22138.5+7.5
JI Md. Abdul Hamid12,6558.5N/A
JP(E) Mollah Momin Uddin Ahmmed10,4857.1−11.1
IOJ Shakhawat Hossain8,4485.7−2.9
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)S. M. Moslem Uddin1650.1N/A
Majority 2,3451.6−2.3
Turnout 148,54078.8+20.5
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Khulna-4 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Mostafa Rashidi Suja 41,69334.8
BNP A. Khaled Md. Zia Uddin37,07131.0
JP(E) Kazi Aminul Haq21,81618.2
IOJ Shakhawat Hossain10,3168.6
UCL Sayeedur Rahman Sheikh4,3623.6
Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin)S. M. Amzad Hossain1,6591.4
Independent Shahidul Islam1,4161.2
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Moinul Islam6180.5
Independent Moktar Hossain 3220.3
Zaker PartyS. M. Abul Hossain2980.2
BAKSAL Sk. Abdus Salam1180.1
Majority 4,6223.9
Turnout 119,68958.3
BNP gain from

References

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  3. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  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.
  12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. 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. 1 2 3 "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.

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