Chandpur-4

Chandpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman of the Awami League.

Chandpur-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chandpur District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	309,776 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Faridganj Upazila.^[2][3]

History

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

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	Jatiya Party^[6]^[7]
	1991	Mohammad Abdullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996 February	Mohammad Abdullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996 June	Mohammad Abdullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001	SA Sultan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Harunur Rashid	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Dr. Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan	Awami League
	2018	Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman	Awami League^[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chandpur-4^[2][9][10]

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

General Election 2001: Chandpur-4^[11]

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

General Election June 1996: Chandpur-4^[11]

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

General Election 1991: Chandpur-4^[11]

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

1. "Chandpur-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. (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 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. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. . Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. . Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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