Sunamganj-4

Coordinates: 25°04′N 91°24′E / 25.07°N 91.40°E / 25.07; 91.40
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Sunamganj-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictSunamganj District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate289,030 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyJatiya Party (Ershad)
Member(s)Pir Fazlur Rahman

Sunamganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pir Fazlur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Bishwamvarpur and Sunamganj Sadar upazilas.[2]

History[edit]

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.[3]

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]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Dowarabazar Upazila: Mannargaon.[6][7]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1986 Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury NAP[8][9]
1991 A. Zahur Miah Awami League
Feb 1996 Fazlul Haque Aspia Bangladesh Nationalist Party[10]
2008 Momtaj Iqbal Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2009 by-election Md. Matiur Rahman Awami League
2014 Pir Fazlur Rahman Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Elections[edit]

Pir Fazlur Rahman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

Momtaj Iqbal died in April 2009. Md. Matiur Rahman, of the Awami League, was elected in a June 2009 by-election.[12]

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-4[6][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Momtaj Iqbal 123,883 62.7 N/A
BNP Fazlul Haque Aspia 58,964 29.9 -13.1
Independent Dewan Shamsul Abedin 9,764 4.9 N/A
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Mohammad Azizul Haque 4,303 2.2 N/A
Independent Nazir Hossain 558 0.3 N/A
Majority 64,919 32.9 +26.0
Turnout 197,472 85.5 +11.5
JP(E) gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Sunamganj-4[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fazlul Haque Aspia 61,807 43.0 +9.9
AL Dewan Shamsul Abedin 51,864 36.1 +4.6
IJOF Momtaj Iqbal 30,160 21.0 N/A
Majority 9,943 6.9 +5.3
Turnout 143,831 74.0 +2.9
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-4[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fazlul Haque Aspia 36,155 33.1 +5.2
AL Abduj Jahur 34,360 31.5 +3.9
JP(E) Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury 31,209 28.6 +1.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Hatimur Rahman 6,940 6.4 +1.0
Zaker Party Nurul Amin 274 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Syed Kabir Ahmed 248 0.2 N/A
Majority 1,795 1.6 -3.6
Turnout 109,186 71.1 +14.9
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Sunamganj-4[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL A. Zahur Miah 30,649 33.1
BNP Dewan Shamsul Abedin 25,865 27.9
JP(E) Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury 25,555 27.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Sajidur Rahman 5,024 5.4
Independent Mosihur Rahman 3,836 4.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Shaheed Chowdhury 635 0.7
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) Binod Ranjan Talukdar 513 0.6
FP A. Bablu Ribora 510 0.6
Majority 4,784 5.2
Turnout 92,587 56.2
AL gain from

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sunamganj-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  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. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  8. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  11. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. ^ "AL candidate wins by-polls in Sunamganj-4". The Daily Star. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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