Sunamganj-4

Sunamganj-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sunamganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	289,030 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Member(s)	Pir Fazlur Rahman

Sunamganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pir Fazlur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bishwamvarpur and Sunamganj Sadar upazilas. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. ^[3]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Dowarabazar Upazila: Mannargaon. ^{[6] [7]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury	NAP [8] [9]
	1991	A. Zahur Miah	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Fazlul Haque Aspia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [10]
	2008	Momtaj Iqbal	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2009 by-election	Md. Matiur Rahman	Awami League
	2014	Pir Fazlur Rahman	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Elections

Pir Fazlur Rahman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

Momtaj Iqbal died in April 2009. Md. Matiur Rahman, of the Awami League, was elected in a June 2009 by-election. ^[12]

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-4 ^{[6] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Momtaj Iqbal	123,883	62.7	N/A
	BNP	Fazlul Haque Aspia	58,964	29.9	-13.1
	Independent	Dewan Shamsul Abedin	9,764	4.9	N/A
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Mohammad Azizul Haque	4,303	2.2	N/A
	Independent	Nazir Hossain	558	0.3	N/A
Majority			64,919	32.9	+26.0
Turnout			197,472	85.5	+11.5
	JP(E) gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-4 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Fazlul Haque Aspia	61,807	43.0	+9.9
	Bangladesh Awami League	Dewan Shamsul Abedin	51,864	36.1	+4.6
	IJOF	Momtaj Iqbal	30,160	21.0	N/A
Majority			9,943	6.9	+5.3
Turnout			143,831	74.0	+2.9
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-4 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Fazlul Haque Aspia	36,155	33.1	+5.2
	Bangladesh Awami League	Abduj Jahur	34,360	31.5	+3.9
	JP(E)	Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury	31,209	28.6	+1.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Hatimur Rahman	6,940	6.4	+1.0
	Zaker Party	Nurul Amin	274	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Syed Kabir Ahmed	248	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,795	1.6	-3.6
Turnout			109,186	71.1	+14.9
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Sunamganj-4 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	A. Zahur Miah	30,649	33.1
	BNP	Dewan Shamsul Abedin	25,865	27.9
	JP(E)	Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury	25,555	27.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sajidur Rahman	5,024	5.4
	Independent	Mosihur Rahman	3,836	4.1
	JSD (R)	Shaheed Chowdhury	635	0.7
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	Binod Ranjan Talukdar	513	0.6
	FP	A. Bablu Ribora	510	0.6
Majority			4,784	5.2
Turnout			92,587	56.2
	Bangladesh Awami League gain from parameter 1 should be a party name.

References

1. "Sunamganj-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. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
11. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
12. "AL candidate wins by-polls in Sunamganj-4". The Daily Star. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
13. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. "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 .

Coordinates: 25°04′N91°24′E / 25.07°N 91.40°E / 25.07; 91.40