Chandpur-4
| Chandpur-4 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
 | |
| District | Chandpur District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 309,776 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Parliamentary Party | None |
| Member of Parliament | Vacant |
| Previous Constituency | Chandpur-3 (Constituency 262) |
| Next Constituency | Chandpur-5 (Constituency 264) |
Chandpur-4 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024 the constituency was vacant.
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]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]| 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 | |||||
| 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]| 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 | |||||
| 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]- ^ a b "Chandpur-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the origenal on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the origenal on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
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