Kushtia-4

Kushtia-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kushtia District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	351,234 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 77 Kushtia-3 79 Chuadanga-1 →

Kushtia-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Khoksa and Kumarkhali upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mohammad Golam Kibria	Awami League [4]
	1979	Md. Abdul Haque	BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abul Hossain Tarun	Awami League [6]
	1988	Nur Alam Ziku	Combined Opposition Party [7]
	1991	Abdul Awal Mia	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Shahidullah Khan	BNP [8]
	Jun 1996	Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi
	2008	Sultana Tarun	Awami League [1]
	2014	Abdur Rouf
	2018	Selim Altaf Gorge
	2024	Abdur Rouf	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Kushtia-4 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Rouf	62,149	50.4	−1.6
	Independent	Sadar Uddin Khan	56,475	45.8	N/A
	Independent	Rokonuzzaman Rokon	3,550	2.9	N/A
	NAP	Abdul Bari Zoarder	1,060	0.9	N/A
Majority			5,674	4.6	−1.6
Turnout			123,234	39.4	−51.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kushtia-4 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sultana Tarun	131,620	52.0	+20.8
	BNP	Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi	115,842	45.8	−4.7
	JP(E)	Abdul Awal Mia	2,730	1.1	N/A
	IAB	Md. Mostafizur Rahman	2,513	1.0	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazmul Ashraf	409	0.2	N/A
Majority			15,778	6.2	−13.1
Turnout			253,114	91.1	+7.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Kushtia-4 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi	110,792	50.5	+17.8
	AL	Sultana Tarun	68,404	31.2	−1.3
	Independent	Abdur Rouf	36,248	16.5	N/A
	JSD	Nur Alam Ziku	3,132	1.4	N/A
	CPB	G. M. Shahidul Alam	251	0.1	−0.2
	Independent	Sudhir Kumar Das	248	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Solaiman Hossain	173	0.1	N/A
Majority			42,388	19.3	+19.1
Turnout			219,248	83.9	−0.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kushtia-4 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi	55,871	32.7	+15.2
	AL	Abul Hossain Tarun	55,510	32.5	+4.1
	JI	Farhad Hossain	26,340	15.4	−8.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nur Alam Ziku	19,765	11.6	−16.7
	JP(E)	Syed Amjad Ali	10,997	6.4	+6.1
	IOJ	Ahmed Ali	1,433	0.8	+0.3
	CPB	Md. Abul Kasem	551	0.3	N/A
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Shahadat Ali Sheikh	216	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Sheikh Jahangir Alam	169	0.1	N/A
Majority			361	0.2	+0.1
Turnout			170,852	84.4	+15.5
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Kushtia-4 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Awal Mia	42,855	28.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nur Alam Ziku	42,627	28.3
	JI	Farhad Hossain	35,837	23.8
	BNP	Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi	26,408	17.5
	Zaker Party	Md. Alhaz Foyez Uddin	1,299	0.9
	IOJ	Md. Kiam Uddin	727	0.5
	JP(E)	Md. Shahidul Islam	525	0.3
	FP	Mostofa Samsuddin	185	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Amirul Islam	141	0.1
	BAKSAL	A. Mannan Khan	84	0.1
Majority			228	0.2
Turnout			150,688	68.9
	AL gain from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

References

1. "Kushtia-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
9. "Kushtia-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Kushtia-4". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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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