Moulvibazar-4

Moulvibazar-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMoulvibazar District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate250,352 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Md. Abdus Shahid

Moulvibazar-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Md. Abdus Shahid of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the Sreemangal and Kamalganj upazilas.[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-15 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 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding four union parishads of Kamalganj Upazila: Adampur, Alinagar, Islampur, and Shamshernagar.[6][2][7]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1986 Mohammad Elias Bangladesh Muslim League[8]
1988 Ahad Miah Jatiya Party[9]
1991 Md. Abdus Shahid Awami League
Feb 1996 Shafiqur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party[10]
Jun 1996 Md. Abdus Shahid Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Md. Abdus Shahid 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

General Election 2008: Moulvibazar-4[6][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Abdus Shahid 131,740 61.4 +17.3
BNP Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury 79,599 37.1 +21.2
Independent Pongkoj Auleseos Kondo 2,277 1.1 N/A
BIF Abdul Muhit Hasani 632 0.3 N/A
JSD M. A. Malek 201 0.1 0.0
Majority 52,141 24.3 +12.4
Turnout 214,449 85.7 +9.7
AL hold
General Election 2001: Moulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Abdus Shahid 96,329 44.1 -6.9
Independent Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury 70,364 32.2 N/A
BNP Md. Mahsin Mia 34,726 15.9 +2.3
IJOF Md. Askir Miah 16,975 7.8 N/A
JSD Eleman Kabir 288 0.1 N/A
Majority 25,965 11.9 -5.9
Turnout 218,682 76.0 +0.3
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Moulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Abdus Shahid 91,811 51.0 -0.5
JP(E) Ahad Miah 59,825 33.3 -7.9
BNP Shafiqur Rahman 24,488 13.6 +9.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Gani Tarafdar 2,684 1.5 N/A
Zaker Party Samsuzzaman 572 0.3 N/A
Independent Ram Kanta Singha 275 0.2 N/A
Gano Forum Abdul Rashid Chowdhury 266 0.1 N/A
Majority 31,986 17.8 +7.5
Turnout 179,921 75.7 +15.9
AL hold
General Election 1991: Moulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Abdus Shahid 75,321 51.5
JP(E) Ahad Miah 60,215 41.2
BNP Saifur Rahman 6,594 4.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Islam Motlib 1,547 1.1
BAKSAL Syed Abu Zafar Ahmed 1,547 1.1
Zaker Party Samsuzzaman 914 0.6
Majority 15,106 10.3
Turnout 146,138 59.8
AL gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ^ "Moulvibazar-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  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. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. ^ 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.

External links

  • "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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