Barisal-4

Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League.

Barisal-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictBarisal District
DivisionBarisal Division
Electorate323,573 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Pankaj Nath

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

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
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Yusuf Hossain Humayun Awami League[6]
1979 Siddiqur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
1986 Maidul Islam Jatiya Party (Ershad)[8][9]
1991 Mohiuddin Ahmed Awami League
1996 Shah M. Abul Hussain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Mazbauddin Farhad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Pankaj Nath Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Barisal-4[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Pankaj Nath 175,413 94.2 +50.0
BNF Anjuman Salah Uddin 5,629 3.0 N/A
JP(E) Sheikh Md. Joynal Abedin 5,265 2.8 N/A
Majority 169,784 91.1 +88.9
Turnout 186,307 67.9 -16.8
Awami League gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Barisal-4[2][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Md. Mazbauddin Farhad 92,856 46.4 -20.4
Awami League Maidul Islam 88,483 44.2 +21.1
IAB Sayed Md. Mosaddeq Billah 18,455 9.2 N/A
Gano Forum M. Fazlul Hoque 218 0.1 N/A
Independent Shah M. Abul Hussain 157 0.1 N/A
KSJL Md. Abdus Sattar Sikder 106 0.1 N/A
Majority 4,373 2.2 -41.5
Turnout 200,275 84.8 +32.2
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Barisal-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shah M. Abul Hussain 65,091 66.8 +12.7
Awami League Md. Mahsin Shikder 22,502 23.1 -0.9
Jatiya Party (M) Anisur Rahman Chowdhury 5,295 5.4 N/A
IJOF Gazi Md. Abul Based 4,158 4.3 N/A
Independent Md. Awolad Hossain 333 0.3 N/A
Majority 42,589 43.7 +13.6
Turnout 97,379 52.6 -19.7
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Barisal-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shah M. Abul Hussain 50,830 54.1 +38.3
Awami League Mohiuddin Ahmed 22,556 24.0 +0.9
JP(E) A. Zabber Talukdar 10,414 11.1 -2.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Mahmud Al Mamun 9,577 10.2 -13.0
Zaker Party M. A. Razzak 506 0.5 -0.6
NDP H. M. Ruhul Amin 69 0.1 N/A
Majority 28,274 30.1 -14.1
Turnout 93,952 72.3 +34.6
BNP gain from Awami League
General Election 1991: Barisal-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Mohiuddin Ahmed 22,093 30.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Mahmud Hossain Al Mamun 16,943 23.2
BNP Khandakar Mazharul Islam 11,576 15.8
JP(E) Maidul Islam 9,995 13.7
BAKSAL Md. Shahjahan Khan 8,783 12.0
Jatiya Jukta Front Mostafa Hamid Chowdhury 1,270 1.7
Bangladesh Janata Party A. S. M. Shahidul Islam 836 1.1
Zaker Party A. Razzak Dhali 795 1.1
Jatiya Biplobi Front Abdur Rahman Khan 644 0.9
JSD (S) Abdul Zalil 169 0.2
Majority 32,322 44.2
Turnout 73,104 37.7
Awami League gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Barishal-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 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. "Barisal-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Barisal-4". AmarMP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  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. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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