Rangpur-4

Rangpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Tipu Munshi of the Awami League.

Rangpur-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictRangpur District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate412,990 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Tipu Munshi

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kaunia and Pirgachha upazilas.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mohammad Alim Uddin Awami League[4]
1979 Mujibur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
1986 Shah Abdur Razzak Awami League[6]
1988 Shah Alam Jatiya Party[7]
1996 Karim Uddin Bharsha Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2001 Karim Uddin Bharsha Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
2008 Tipu Munshi Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Rangpur-4[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Tipu Munshi 113,082 95.0 +54.3
JP(E) Karim Uddin Bharsha 5,986 5.0 -30.5
Majority 107,096 89.9 +84.7
Turnout 119,068 32.3 -60.5
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Rangpur-4[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Tipu Munshi 118,807 40.7 +13.7
JP(E) Karim Uddin Bharsha 103,643 35.5 N/A
BNP Rahim Uddin Bharsha 63,999 21.9 -12.3
IAB Md. Bodiuzzaman 3,433 1.2 N/A
Independent Shah Alam 1,204 0.4 N/A
PDP Md. Abdul Kaium 490 0.2 N/A
Majority 15,164 5.2 +1.2
Turnout 291,576 92.8 +12.2
Awami League gain from IJOF
General Election 2001: Rangpur-4[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IJOF Karim Uddin Bharsha 93,631 38.2 N/A
BNP Rahim Uddin Bharsha 83,825 34.2 +17.2
Awami League Tipu Munshi 66,288 27.0 +5.0
Workers Party Nazrul Islam Hakkani 791 0.3 -0.1
JSD Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud 471 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. A. Samad 138 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,806 4.0 -20.3
Turnout 245,144 80.6 -0.2
IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Rangpur-4[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Karim Uddin Bharsha 84,377 46.3 -1.1
Awami League Mohsin Ali Bengal 40,076 22.0 -2.5
BNP Rahim Uddin Bharsha 30,908 17.0 -3.8
Jamaat-e-Islami Momtaj Uddin 23,623 13.0 0.0
IOJ Abdus Salim Sarkar 1,788 1.0 +0.4
Workers Party Nazrul Islam Hakkani 793 0.4 N/A
Independent Md. Enayet Ullaha 315 0.2 +0.1
Independent Shah Alam 215 0.1 N/A
Independent Shah Md. Rafiqul Bari 156 0.1 N/A
Majority 44,301 24.3 +1.3
Turnout 182,251 80.8 +13.9
JP(E) hold
General Election 1991: Rangpur-4[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Shah Alam 76,253 47.4
Awami League Shah Abdur Razzak 39,325 24.5
BNP Rahim Uddin Bharsha 21,191 13.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Momtaj Uddin 20,956 13.0
IOJ Md. Mondal Golam Mostafa 922 0.6
Zaker Party Md. Akter Hossain 736 0.5
FP Md. Abdul Mannan Shardar 533 0.3
UCL Nazrul Islam Haqqani 292 0.2
Independent Md. Enayet Ullah 164 0.1
Independent Md. Hazi Mohsin Ali 153 0.1
JSD (R) Md. Wazed Ali 147 0.1
CPB Shah Md. Abdul Haqim 82 0.1
Majority 36,928 23.0
Turnout 160,754 66.9
JP(E) hold

References
  1. "Rangpur-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  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. "Rangpur-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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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