Rajshahi-4

Rajshahi-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rajshahi District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	278,008 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abul Kalam Azad

Rajshahi-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Enamul Haque of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bagmara Upazila. ^{[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	Shah Sirajul Islam Chowdhury	Awami League [4]
	1979	M. A. Salam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Ayeen Uddin	Bangladesh Muslim League [6]
	1988	Abul Hossain	Jatiya Party [7]
	1991	Tajul Islam Md. Faruk	Awami League
	February 1996	Abdus Sattar Mondal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Nadim Mostafa	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Enamul Haque	Awami League
	2024	Abul Kalam Azad	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Enamul Haque 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: Rajshahi-4 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Enamul Haque	107,751	50.3	+6.6
	BNP	Mohammad Abdul Gafur	83,633	39.0	-12.4
	Independent	Sardar Amjad Hossain	20,676	9.6	N/A
	CPB	Mohammad Mohosin Pramanik	1,861	0.9	+0.7
	National People's Party	Zinnatul Islam Zinnah	298	0.1	N/A
	BSD	Atikur Rahman	182	0.1	N/A
Majority			24,118	11.2	+3.4
Turnout			214,401	93.3	+1.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nadim Mostafa	100,551	51.4	+17.6
	AL	Tajul Islam Md. Faruk	85,356	43.7	+13.5
	IJOF	Abdul Wahed	9,032	4.6	N/A
	CPB	Md. Abul Kalam Azad	372	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Altaf Hossain	88	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Nazrul Islam	54	0.0	N/A
Majority			15,195	7.8	+4.1
Turnout			195,453	92.2	+4.2
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nadim Mostafa	50,827	33.8	+5.1
	AL	Tajul Islam Md. Faruk	45,293	30.2	-7.9
	JP(E)	Ayeen Uddin	23,701	15.8	+12.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mokshed Ali	17,996	12.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nazrul Islam	7,843	5.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Wahed	4,354	2.9	N/A
	FP	Sayed Ali Hasan	164	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,534	3.7	-5.1
Turnout			150,178	88.0	+11.2
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tajul Islam Md. Faruk	47,194	38.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin)	Ayeen Uddin	36,254	29.3
	BNP	Abdus Sattar Mondal	35,482	28.7
	JP(E)	Abul Hossain	3,586	2.9
	CPB	Sadar Uddin Ahmed	1,325	1.1
Majority			10,940	8.8
Turnout			123,841	76.8
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Rajshahi-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "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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