Faridpur-4
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faridpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Faridpur-4 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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) |
The constituency encompasses Bhanga and Charbhadrasan upazilas, and all but one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.[2][3]
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]
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 |
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 |
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]
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) |
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