Bogra-4

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

Bogra-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bogra District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	312,081 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 38 Bogra-3 40 Bogra-5 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kahaloo and Nandigram upazilas.^[1][2]

History

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.^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mozaffar Hossain	Awami League[5]
	1979	AKM Motiar Rahman	BNP[6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mamdudur Rahman Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1991	Azizul Haq Mollah	BNP
	1994 by-election	Ziaul Haque Mollah
	2008	Z. I. M. Mostofa Ali
	2014	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	JaSaD
	2018	Mosharraf Hossain	BNP[9]
	2023 by-election	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	JaSaD[10]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Bogra-4^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md Mosharraf Hossain	1,28,585		N/A
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	86,048		N/A
	IAB	Md Idris Ali	5,247		N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,12,081
	BNP gain from JSD

General Election 2014: Bogra-4^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	22,203	62.2	+29.4
	JP(E)	Md. Nurul Amin Bachhu	13,489	37.8	N/A
Majority			8,714	24.4	+0.5
Turnout			35,692	12.6	−78.3
	JSD gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bogra-4^[1][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Z. I. M. Mostofa Ali	131,414	56.7	−2.0
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	75,991	32.8	+31.4
	LDP	Mamdudur Rahman Chowdhury	21,737	9.4	N/A
	IAB	Abdul Haque Azad	2,447	1.1	N/A
Majority			55,423	23.9	+2.2
Turnout			231,589	90.9	+4.5
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Bogra-4^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ziaul Haq Molla	114,814	58.7	+15.9
	AL	Shahidul Alam Dudu	72,464	37.1	+11.5
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	2,778	1.4	+0.8
	IJOF	Md. Nurul Amin Bachhu	2,683	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Saiful Islam	2,446	1.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Atikul Mahbub	311	0.2	0.0
Majority			42,350	21.7	+4.5
Turnout			195,496	86.4	+3.9
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bogra-4^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ziaul Haque Molla	64,141	42.8	+6.8
	AL	Shahidul Alam Dudu	38,395	25.6	−0.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazir Ahmed Mondol	32,625	21.8	−6.8
	JP(E)	Mamdudur Rahman Chowdhury	12,850	8.6	+1.4
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	888	0.6	−0.8
	Zaker Party	Md. Sohidul Islam Dulal	468	0.3	−0.3
	Gano Forum	Md. Atiqul Mahbub	337	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Freedom Party	Md. Saidul Islam Talukder	247	0.2	N/A
Majority			25,746	17.2	+9.8
Turnout			149,951	82.5	+13.0
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Bogra-4^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Azizul Haq Mollah	43,247	36.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdur Rahman Fakir	34,372	28.6
	AL	Shahidul Alam Dudu	31,192	26.0
	JP(E)	Mamdudur Rahman Chowdhury	8,597	7.2
	JSD	AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen	1,639	1.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Shahidul Islam	767	0.6
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Atiqul Islam Atik	351	0.3
Majority			8,875	7.4
Turnout			120,165	69.5
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "Bogura-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
10. Nasim, Nazmul Huda (1 February 2023). "Bogra-4 by-polls: Hero Alam loses by only 800 votes". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
11. "Bogra-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "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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