Faridpur-4

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

Faridpur-4
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)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bhanga and Charbhadrasan upazilas, and all but one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Delwar Hossain	Awami League[6]
	1979	Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar	Awami League[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohammad Azharul Haque	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	February 1996	Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	1999 by-election	Saleha Mosharraf	Awami League
	2001	Abdur Razzak	Awami League
	2002 by-election	Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Nilufer Zafarullah	Awami League
	2014	Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury	Independent
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018

General Election 2018: Faridpur-4^[1]

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

General Election 2014: Faridpur-4^[10][11][12]

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

General Election 2008: Faridpur-4^[2][13][14]

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]

Faridpur-4 by-election, 2002^[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

General Election 2001: Faridpur-4^[16]

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

General Election June 1996: Faridpur-4^[16]

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
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Faridpur-4^[16]

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)