Jessore-4

Jessore-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.(Dissolved) By Interim Government Of Bangladesh | Due To (July Massacre) And flee Of Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League On August 5 2024. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Jessore-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jessore District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	386,892 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 87 Jessore-3 89 Jessore-5 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Abhaynagar and Bagherpara upazilas, and one union parishad of Jessore Sadar Upazila: Basundia.^[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]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included four more union parishads of Jessore Sadar Upazila: Fathehpur, Ichhali, Kachua, and Narendrapur, but did not include Abhaynagar Upazila.^[2][5][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mohammad Moinuddin Miazi	Awami League[7]
	1979	Mozammel Haque	Islamic Democratic League[8]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shah Hadiizzzaman	Awami League[9]
	1988	M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad	Jatiya party[10]
	1991	Shah Hadiuzzaman	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Nazrul Islam	BNP
	Jun 1996	Shah Hadiizzzaman	Awami League
	2001	M. M. Amin Uddin	BJP
	2008	Ranajit Kumar Roy	Awami League
	2024	Enamul Haque Babul

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jessore-4^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ranajit Kumar Roy	77,362	68.3	+17.6
	Independent	Sheikh Abdul Wahab	35,860	31.7	N/A
Majority			41,502	36.7	+34.0
Turnout			113,222	33.4	−57.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jessore-4^[5][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ranajit Kumar Roy	102,958	50.7	+8.2
	BNP	T. S. Ayub	97,520	48.0	−4.7
	Independent	M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad	2,304	1.1	N/A
	PDP	Add. Md. Ishaque	265	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Kazi Ali Hider	220	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,438	2.7	−7.5
Turnout			203,267	91.2	+5.0
	AL gain from BJP

General Election 2001: Jessore-4^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M. M. Amin Uddin	126,540	52.7	+29.8
	AL	Shah Hadiuzzaman	101,994	42.5	+6.2
	IJOF	Md. Nazmul Huda	10,381	4.3	N/A
	WPB	Boikuntha Bihari Ray	800	0.3	−0.3
	Independent	Md. Alamgir Hossain	179	0.1	N/A
	Independent	A. K. M. Ishaq	141	0.1	N/A
Majority			24,546	10.2	−2.9
Turnout			240,035	86.2	+2.2
	BJP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shah Hadiuzzaman	69,194	36.3	+2.0
	JP(E)	M. M. Amin Uddin	44,263	23.2	+6.5
	BNP	M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad	43,611	22.9	+0.1
	JI	Abdul Aziz	25,112	13.2	+9.1
	IOJ	Md. Nazmul Huda Munshi	5,561	2.9	+0.7
	Zaker Party	Munshi Abdur Razzak	1,366	0.7	−1.7
	WPB	Md. Zakir Hossain Hobi	1,064	0.6	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. M. A. Salam	394	0.2	−0.1
Majority			24,931	13.1	+1.6
Turnout			190,565	84.0	+13.7
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Jessore-4^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shah Hadiuzzaman	55,008	34.3
	BNP	Nazrul Islam	36,590	22.8
	JP(E)	M. M. Amin Uddin	26,832	16.7
	JI	Abdul Aziz	25,698	16
	Independent	M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad	6,524	4.1
	Zaker Party	Nur Mohammad	3,797	2.4
	IOJ	Nazmul Huda	3,579	2.2
	UCL	Zakir Hossain	754	0.5
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Shankar Chokrabarti	573	0.4
	Jatiya Biplobi Front	Mizanur Rahman	477	0.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mosharaf Hossain	462	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	A. Kaium	301	0.2
Majority			18,418	11.5
Turnout			160,598	70.3
	AL gain from