Kishoreganj-4

Kishoreganj-4
Kishoreganj-4
Constituency; for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kishoreganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	320,246 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
	← 164 Kishoreganj-3 166 Kishoreganj-5 →

Kishoreganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Austagram, Itna, and Mithamain upazilas.^[2]^[3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.^[4]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1986	Mujibul Haque	Jatiya Party^[5]^[6]
1991	Mizanul Haque	Awami League
Feb 1996	Kabira Uddina Ahmed	BNP
June 1996	Mizanul Haque	Awami League
2001	Osman Faruk	BNP
2008	Mohammad Abdul Hamid	Awami League
2013 by-election	Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[7]

In April 2013, Abdul Hamid became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat. Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq, his son, stood as an Awami League candidate in the resulting July 2013 by-election, and was elected.^[8]

Kishoreganj-4 by-election, 2013^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq	99,933	62.8	+7.6
	Independent	Syed Mohitul Islam Asheem	59,224	37.2	N/A
Majority			40,709	25.6	+14.7
Turnout			159,157	57.4	−29.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kishoreganj-4^[2]^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Abdul Hamid	115,093	55.2	+22.0
	BNP	Fazlur Rahman	92,440	44.3	+10.5
	Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish	Hedayetulla Hadi	1,025	0.5	N/A
Majority			22,653	10.9	+10.3
Turnout			208,558	86.6	+12.0
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Kishoreganj-4^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Osman Faruk	65,447	33.8	+11.3
	AL	Mizanul Haque	64,232	33.2	−4.0
	IJOF	Mujibul Haque	62,533	32.3	N/A
	KSJL	Fazlur Rahman	686	0.4	N/A
	CPB	Enamul Haq	611	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Anowara Khan Chowdhury	162	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,215	0.6	−0.7
Turnout			193,671	74.6	+2.7
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kishoreganj-4^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mizanul Haque	52,220	37.2	−5.3
	JP(E)	Mujibul Haque	50,393	35.9	+19.2
	BNP	Kabir Uddin Ahmed	31,588	22.5	−14.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. A. Hai	5,649	4.0	N/A
	Independent	Asit Kumar Sarker	256	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jinnatul Islam	208	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,827	1.3	−4.3
Turnout			140,314	71.9	+22.5
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Kishoreganj-4^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AL	Mizanul Haque	45,608	42.5
	BNP	Kabir Uddin Ahmed	39,554	36.9
	JP(E)	Mujibul Haque	17,952	16.7
	Independent	Asadul Haq	3,262	3.0
	Zaker Party	A. Latif Khandakar	482	0.5
	CPB	Md. Aamirul Islam	446	0.4
Majority			6,054	5.6
Turnout			107,304	49.4
	AL hold

References

^ "Kishoreganj-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Rejwan wins Kishoreganj by-polls". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.