Noakhali-4

Noakhali-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Noakhali District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	544,740 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Ekramul Karim Chowdhury

Noakhali-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Ekramul Karim Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

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 expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding two union parishads of Noakhali Sadar Upazila: Ashwadia and Niazpur. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abu Naser Chowdhury	Awami League [5]
	1979	K. M. Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6]
	1986	Abdul Malek Ukil	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD [7]
	1988	Fazle Elahi	Jatiya Party [8]
	1991	Md. Shahjahan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Ekramul Karim Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ekramul Karim Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Noakhali-4 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ekramul Karim Chowdhury	131,706	46.0	+4.4
	BNP	Md. Shahjahan	118,956	41.6	-13.9
	BDB	Abdul Mannan	31,496	11.0	N/A
	IAB	Abdul Hannan	1,356	0.5	N/A
	CPB	Golam Akbar	1,010	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Md. Daliler Rahman	860	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Iktear Uddin	425	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Khalidul Amin	336	0.1	N/A
Majority			12,750	4.5	-9.4
Turnout			286,145	84.3	+25.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Noakhali-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Shahjahan	112,095	55.5	+9.6
	AL	Golam Mohiuddin Latu	83,998	41.6	+1.8
	IJOF	Md. Abdul Wadud Chowdhury	4,565	2.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Md. Daliler Rahman	627	0.3	N/A
	BKA	Hossain Ahammad	461	0.2	+0.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Mosaddekur Rahman	145	0.1	N/A
Majority			28.097	13.9	+7.8
Turnout			201,891	59.2	0.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Shahjahan	61,632	45.9	+9.7
	AL	Khairul Anam Salim	53,413	39.8	+8.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Borhan Uddin	10,972	8.2	-9.4
	JP(E)	Fazle Elahi	6,823	5.1	-7.7
	IOJ	Mohammad Abdul Baset	368	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Salauddin Mahmud	305	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Matin Uddin Ahmed	264	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Iqtiar Uddin Faruk	233	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Hossain Ahmed Ukil	172	0.1	-0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ataur Karim Faruk	113	0.1	N/A
	Tahrikae Olama-i-Bangladesh	Md. Mostafa Bin Hossain	29	0.0	N/A
Majority			8,219	6.1	+1.7
Turnout			134,324	59.2	+25.9
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Noakhali-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Shahjahan	33,339	36.2
	AL	Golam Mohiuddin Latu	29,261	31.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Borhan Uddin	16,216	17.6
	JP(E)	Fazle Elahi	11,791	12.8
	BKA	Hossain Ahammad	543	0.6
	WPB	Aman Ullah Majhi	263	0.3
	BAKSAL	Sarwar-e-Deen	205	0.2
	Independent	Golam Mostafa	164	0.2
	Bangladesh Islamic Republican Party	Habib Ullah Chowdhury	138	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Abdul Momen	127	0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Mosle Uddin	52	0.1
Majority			4,078	4.4
Turnout			92,099	33.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Noakhali-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. "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
4. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. Zakaria, Mohammad (15 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "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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