Patuakhali-4

Patuakhali-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Patuakhali District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	249,035 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Muhibur Rahman Muhib

Patuakhali-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mohibur Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kalapara and Rangabali upazilas. ^[2]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kazi Abul Kashem	Awami League [3]
	1979	Abdul Baten	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [4]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdur Razzak Khan	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Anwarul Islam	Awami League
	February 1996	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
	June 1996	Anwarul Islam	Awami League
	2001	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	Awami League
	2018	Muhibur Rahman Muhib	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mahbubur Rahman was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Patuakhali-4 ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahbubur Rahman	90,775	54.8	+16.0
	BNP	A. B. M. Mosharraf Hossen	60,095	36.2	+11.2
	IAB	Md. Hedayet Ullah	893	0.5	N/A
Majority			30,680	18.5	+8.2
Turnout			165,797	88.8	+19.2
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Patuakhali-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahbubur Rahman	51,940	38.8	+4.1
	Independent	Mostafizur Rahman	38,098	28.5	N/A
	BNP	Md. Atikur Rahman	33,415	25.0	-1.1
	IJOF	Abdur Razzak Khan	10,279	7.7	N/A
	Independent	Anwarul Islam	73	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Nazrul Islam	50	0.0	N/A
Majority			13,842	10.3	+1.6
Turnout			133,855	69.6	-0.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Anwarul Islam	31,092	34.7	-7.6
	BNP	Mostafizur Rahman	23,348	26.1	-2.1
	Independent	Abdul Khaleq	13,487	15.1	N/A
	JP(E)	Abdul Razzak Khan	10,844	12.1	+1.3
	IOJ	Md. Baharul Alam	8,494	9.5	-6.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. A. Khaleq Faruki	1,876	2.1	+1.9
	Zaker Party	Syed Abdul Goni	343	0.4	-0.5
Majority			7,744	8.7	-5.3
Turnout			89,484	70.2	+20.6
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Patuakhali-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Anwarul Islam	32,707	42.3
	BNP	Jahangir Hossain Akond	21,837	28.2
	IOJ	Ershad Ullah	12,118	15.7
	JP(E)	Abdul Razzak Khan	8,331	10.8
	Zaker Party	A. Rob Miah	666	0.9
	FP	Moazzem Hossain	419	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mufti Salahuddin	374	0.5
	Independent	Syed Md. Abul Hashem	371	0.5
	BKA	A. K. M. Nurul Islam	241	0.3
	JSD (S)	Sihab Parvez Biswas	120	0.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. Matin	119	0.2
	CPB	Md. Shamim Miah	95	0.1
Majority			10,870	14.0
Turnout			77,398	49.6
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Patuakhali-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
4. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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