Rangpur-4

Rangpur-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rangpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	412,990 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 21 Rangpur-3 23 Rangpur-5 →

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kaunia and Pirgachha 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 Alim Uddin	Awami League [4]
	1979	Mujibur Rahman	BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shah Abdur Razzak	Awami League [6]
	1988	Shah Alam	Jatiya Party [7]
	1996	Karim Uddin Bharsha
	2001		Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	Tipu Munshi	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Rangpur-4 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tipu Munshi	113,082	95.0	+54.3
	JP(E)	Karim Uddin Bharsha	5,986	5.0	−30.5
Majority			107,096	89.9	+84.7
Turnout			119,068	32.3	−60.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rangpur-4 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tipu Munshi	118,807	40.7	+13.7
	JP(E)	Karim Uddin Bharsha	103,643	35.5	N/A
	BNP	Rahim Uddin Bharsha	63,999	21.9	−12.3
	IAB	Md. Bodiuzzaman	3,433	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Shah Alam	1,204	0.4	N/A
	PDP	Md. Abdul Kaium	490	0.2	N/A
Majority			15,164	5.2	+1.2
Turnout			291,576	92.8	+12.2
	AL gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Karim Uddin Bharsha	93,631	38.2	N/A
	BNP	Rahim Uddin Bharsha	83,825	34.2	+17.2
	AL	Tipu Munshi	66,288	27.0	+5.0
	WPB	Nazrul Islam Hakkani	791	0.3	−0.1
	JSD	Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud	471	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. A. Samad	138	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,806	4.0	−20.3
Turnout			245,144	80.6	−0.2
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Karim Uddin Bharsha	84,377	46.3	−1.1
	AL	Mohsin Ali Bengal	40,076	22.0	−2.5
	BNP	Rahim Uddin Bharsha	30,908	17.0	−3.8
	JI	Momtaj Uddin	23,623	13.0	0.0
	IOJ	Abdus Salim Sarkar	1,788	1.0	+0.4
	WPB	Nazrul Islam Hakkani	793	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Md. Enayet Ullaha	315	0.2	+0.1
	Independent	Shah Alam	215	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Shah Md. Rafiqul Bari	156	0.1	N/A
Majority			44,301	24.3	+1.3
Turnout			182,251	80.8	+13.9
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Rangpur-4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Shah Alam	76,253	47.4
	AL	Shah Abdur Razzak	39,325	24.5
	BNP	Rahim Uddin Bharsha	21,191	13.2
	JI	Momtaj Uddin	20,956	13.0
	IOJ	Md. Mondal Golam Mostafa	922	0.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Akter Hossain	736	0.5
	FP	Md. Abdul Mannan Shardar	533	0.3
	UCL	Nazrul Islam Haqqani	292	0.2
	Independent	Md. Enayet Ullah	164	0.1
	Independent	Md. Hazi Mohsin Ali	153	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Wazed Ali	147	0.1
	CPB	Shah Md. Abdul Haqim	82	0.1
Majority			36,928	23.0
Turnout			160,754	66.9
	JP(E) hold

References

1. "Rangpur-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. "Rangpur-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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