Maulvibazar-4

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

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses 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
ElectionMemberParty
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: Maulvibazar-4[6][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League hold
General Election 2001: Maulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Maulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League hold
General Election 1991: Maulvibazar-4[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Moulvibazar-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "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. "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. "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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.