Chandpur-4

Coordinates: 23°08′N 90°45′E / 23.13°N 90.75°E / 23.13; 90.75
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Chandpur-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChandpur District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate309,776 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman

Chandpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Faridganj Upazila.[2][3]

History[edit]

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-22 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

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[edit]

Election Member Party
1986 Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Jatiya Party[6][7]
1991 Mohammad Abdullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996

February

Mohammad Abdullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996

June

Mohammad Abdullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 SA Sultan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Harunur Rashid Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Dr. Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan Awami League
2018 Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman Awami League[1]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election citing a government crackdown and unfair conditions for the election.[8][9]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2008: Chandpur-4[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Harunur Rashid 88,905 51.0 -6.0
AL Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman 81,838 46.9 -9.0
IAB Makbul Hossain 2,229 1.3 N/A
BIF Md. Motiul Islam Miazi 633 0.4 +0.2
Independent Md. Mahiuddin 428 0.2 N/A
BSD Alamgir Hossain Dulal 368 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,067 4.1 -15.0
Turnout 174,401 78.0 +4.3
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Chandpur-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP SA Sultan 92,829 57.0 +7.7
AL Md. Yusup Gazi 61,740 37.9 -0.1
IJOF Munsi Mansur Ahmed 5,957 3.7 N/A
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman Bhuyan 795 0.5 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Shahjahan Talukder 705 0.4 N/A
BIF Md. Nazir Ahmed Pat. 311 0.2 N/A
BKA Muhammad Hussain Akand 217 0.1 -0.1
Independent Md. Abdullah 197 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Progressive Party Md. Mosharaf Hossain Khan 119 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Kaikobad 53 0.0 N/A
Majority 31,089 19.1 +7.8
Turnout 162,923 62.8 +3.8
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Chandpur-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mohammad Abdullah 63,050 49.3 +16.1
AL Md. Fajlul Haque Sarkar 48,581 38.0 +16.6
JP(E) Saleh Ahmed 8,401 6.6 -13.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Habib Ullah 4,114 3.2 -4.0
IOJ A. Sobahan 2,627 2.1 N/A
Zaker Party A. N. M. Ibrahim Khalil Azadi 290 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Shajahan Talukdar 289 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Bekar Samaj Md. Mokhlesur Rahman Patwary 279 0.2 N/A
BKA Mohammad Hossain Akand 196 0.2 -0.4
Independent Alam Khan 166 0.1 N/A
Majority 14,469 11.3 +0.5
Turnout 127,993 66.6 +23.1
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Chandpur-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mohammad Abdullah 33,848 32.2
AL Abdul Awual 22,527 21.4
JP(E) Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury 20,836 19.8
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abdullah Sarkar 19,367 18.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Habib Ullah 7,541 7.2
BKA Sirajul Islam 649 0.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD A. Latif 213 0.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Latif Palowan 77 0.1
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal Dewan Sirajul Islam Dadon 43 0.0
Majority 11,321 10.8
Turnout 105,101 43.5
BNP gain from JP(E)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Chandpur-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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