Faridpur-4
Faridpur-4 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Faridpur District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 370,695 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
Prev. Constituency | Faridpur-3 (Constituency 213) |
Next Constituency | Gopalganj-1 (Constituency 215) |
Faridpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Bhanga and Charbhadrasan upazilas, and all but one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
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]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]- General Election 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury | 1,44,179 | 57.4 | −0.1 | |
AL | Kazi Zafarullah | 94,234 | 37.5 | −4.7 | |
BNP | Khandker Iqbal Hossain | 12,380 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 49,945 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,50,793 | 67.66 | |||
Registered electors | 3,70,695 | ||||
Independent hold |
- General Election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury | 98,300 | 57.5 | N/A | ||
AL | Kazi Zafarullah | 72,248 | 42.2 | −24.0 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Mohammad Zakir Hossain | 559 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 26,052 | 15.2 | −21.5 | |||
Turnout | 171,107 | 53.2 | +16.5 | |||
Independent gain from AL |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Nilufer Zafarullah | 157,491 | 66.0 | +63.3 | ||
Zaker Party | Mostafa Amir Faisal | 70,085 | 29.4 | N/A | ||
IAB | Shamsuddin | 6,468 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
BNP | Shah Alam Reza | 3,937 | 1.7 | −92.9 | ||
Majority | 87,406 | 36.7 | −55.2 | |||
Turnout | 237,981 | 85.9 | +31.6 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Abdur Razzaq stood for two seats in the 2001 general election: Faridpur-4 and Shariatpur-3. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election. Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf was elected in a January 2002 by-election.[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf | 85,047 | 94.6 | +91.2 | ||
AL | Saleha Mosharraf | 2,390 | 2.7 | −47.1 | ||
Independent | Monowara Begum | 1,643 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Nurul Abedin | 821 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Majority | 82,657 | 91.9 | +88.7 | |||
Turnout | 89,901 | 54.3 | −13.5 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Abdur Razzaq | 56,231 | 49.8 | ||
Independent | Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf | 52,586 | 46.6 | ||
BNP | Md. Zahirul Haq | 3,868 | 3.4 | ||
Independent | A. K. Shajahan Haider | 177 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,645 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 112,862 | 67.8 | |||
AL hold |
Mosharaf Hossain died in August 1999.[17] His widow, Saleha Mosharraf, was elected in an October by-election.[18][19]
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Mosharraf Hossain | 45,580 | 48.4 | −1.2 | |
BNP | Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf | 32,630 | 34.6 | +6.3 | |
JP(E) | Azaharul Haque | 7,562 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Quader Molla | 4,906 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | A. H. M. Nazmul Huda | 2,846 | 3.0 | −18.0 | |
IOJ | Md. Nurul Abedin | 672 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,950 | 13.7 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 94,196 | 74.0 | +22.8 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Mosharraf Hossain | 43,313 | 49.6 | |||
BNP | Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf | 24,730 | 28.3 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Adel Uddin Hawladar | 18,348 | 21.0 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Abdul Latif Miah | 863 | 1.0 | |||
Majority | 18,583 | 21.3 | ||||
Turnout | 87,254 | 51.2 | ||||
AL gain from JP(E) |
References
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- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Faridpur-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Faridpur-4". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Rebel candidate beats AL presidium member". bdnews24.com. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 358, 368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Former Awami League law maker Saleha Mosharraf passes away". Ittefaq. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Roundup: by-election held peacefully in Bangladesh but lifeless". Xinhua News Agency. 28 October 1999.
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