Satkhira-4

Satkhira-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by SM Ataul Haque of the Awami League.^[2]

Satkhira-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Satkhira District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	393,767 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 107 Satkhira-3 109 Barguna-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shyamnagar Upazila and all but the four northernmost union parishads of Kaliganj Upazila: Bhara Simla, Champaphul, Nalta, and Tarali.^[3][4]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Khulna constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mansur Ahmed Gazi	Awami League[5]
	1988	M. Mansur Ali	Jatiya Party[6]
	1991	Mansur Ahmed Gazi	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Wazed Ali biswas	BNP[7]
	Jun 1996	Shahadat Hossain	Jatiya Party
	2001	Kazi Alauddin	BJP
	2008	HM Golam Reza	Jatiya Party
	2014	SM Jaglul Hayder	Awami League
	2024	SM Ataul Haque

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

SM Jaglul Hayder was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Satkhira-4^[9][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	HM Golam Reza	151,147	56.0	N/A
	JI	G. M. Nazrul Islam	117,675	43.6	N/A
	BSD	Khogandronath Ghosh	506	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Tarun Kumar Karmakar	401	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sheikh Hasan Ali	311	1.0	N/A
	NAP	Abdul Hai	105	0.0	N/A
Majority			33,472	12.4	−9.1
Turnout			270,145	88.9	−0.4
	JP(E) gain from BJP

General Election 2001: Satkhira-4^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kazi Alauddin	108,172	56.0	+34.9
	AL	AFM Ruhal Haque	66,561	34.5	+5.9
	Independent	Shahadat Hossain	12,310	6.4	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	5,978	3.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Shashanka Shekhar Sarder	167	0.1	N/A
Majority			41,611	21.5	−19.9
Turnout			193,188	89.3	+3.0
	BJP gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Satkhira-4^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Shahadat Hossain	46,730	30.2	+16.9
	AL	Mansur Ahmed	44,272	28.6	−5.4
	BNP	Md. Wazed Ali Biswash	32,635	21.1	+0.5
	JI	G. M. Abdul Gaffar	30,151	19.5	−12.4
	IOJ	Mohiuddin Ahmed	524	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Kazi Sufiullah Faruqi	148	0.1	0.0
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Shashanka Shekhar Sardar	145	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Sheikh Abdur Rauf	127	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,458	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			154,732	86.3	+11.1
	JP(E) gain from AL

General Election 1991: Satkhira-4^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mansur Ahmed	44,225	34.0
	JI	G. M. Abdul Gaffar	41,552	31.9
	BNP	Md. Shahadat Hossain Mondol	26,760	20.6
	JP(E)	M. Mansur Ali	17,332	13.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Mohiuddin Ahmad	199	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Swapan Kumar Nandi	105	0.1
Majority			2,673	2.1
Turnout			130,173	75.2
	AL gain from JP(E)