Dhaka-4

Dhaka-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	245,813 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 176 Dhaka-3 178 Dhaka-5 →

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 47 and 51 through 54, and one union parishad of Shyampur Thana: Shyampur.^[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

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mir Abul Khayer	Awami League[6]
	1979	Anwar Uddin Shikdar	BNP[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Syed Abu Hossain Babla	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Salah Uddin Ahmed	BNP
	1996	Habibur Rahman Mollah	Awami League
	2001	Salah Uddin Ahmed	BNP
	2008	Sanjida Khanam	Awami League
	2014	Syed Abu Hossain Babla	Jatiya Party
	2024	Awlad Hossain	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-4^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Sayed Abu Hossain	17,772	54.6	N/A
	Independent	Awlad Hossain	14,787	45.4	N/A
Majority			2,985	9.2	−18.8
Turnout			32,559	14.2	−65.9
	JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-4^[2]^[11]^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sanjida Khanam	97,828	60.6	+18.3
	BNP	Abdul Hai	52,701	32.7	−19.3
	IAB	Rashid Ahmad Ferdous	6,600	4.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Lutfar Rahman	1,551	1.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Shafiqur Rahman	1,480	0.9	N/A
	NAP	Makbul Ahmed Mokter	576	0.4	N/A
	BTF	Md. Motiur Rahman	204	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Md. Abdul Malek	167	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Safar Ali	103	0.1	N/A
	United Citizen Movement	Amir Khan	99	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Akhter Hossen Bhuiya	85	0.1	N/A
Majority			45,127	28.0	+18.3
Turnout			161,394	80.1	+20.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmed	151,368	52.0	+14.7
	AL	Habibur Rahman Mollah	123,002	42.3	−4.8
	IJOF	Syed Abu Hossain Babla	15,413	5.3	N/A
	CPB	Sahidullah Chowdhury	507	0.2	−0.1
	JSD	Habibur Rahman Shawkat	295	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh People's Congress	M. A. Gafur	196	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Monir Hossain Komal	149	0.1	N/A
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Md. Mizanur Rahman	60	0.0	N/A
Majority			28,366	9.7	−0.1
Turnout			290,990	59.6	−6.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Habibur Rahman Mollah	102,939	47.1	N/A
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmed	81,522	37.3	−10.6
	JP(E)	Kazi Jafar Ahmed	18,317	8.4	+2.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Jalal	7,368	3.4	−1.8
	IOJ	Rashid Ahmad Ferdous	4,719	2.2	+0.2
	Zaker Party	Jahangir Alam Chowdhury	1,989	0.9	−1.5
	CPB	Sahidullah Chowdhury	583	0.3	−35.8
	BKA	Md. Jamal Uddin Mian	435	0.2	N/A
	Independent	S. M. Mosharaf Hossain	269	0.1	N/A
	Ganatantrik Sarbahara Party	Rafiqul Alam	133	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Daridra Party	Din Mohammed Bhuyan	94	0.0	N/A
	NDP	Md. Abu Shaleh	86	0.0	−0.1
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Md. Yusuf Ali	48	0.0	−0.1
Majority			21,417	9.8	−2.0
Turnout			218,502	65.9	+24.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Dhaka-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmed	56,362	47.9
	CPB	Saifuddin Ahmed Manik	42,454	36.1
	JP(E)	Md. Aamir Hossain	6,424	5.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Jalal	6,106	5.2
	Zaker Party	Sharif Uddin Ahmed	2,803	2.4
	IOJ	M. A. Gafur	2,300	2.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	S. M. Jamal Badshah	614	0.5
	Jatiya Biplobi Front	Abul Hossain	170	0.1
	NDP	M. A. Ahad	116	0.1
	Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal	Kazi Abdus Salam	95	0.1
	Independent	M. A. Gafur	93	0.1
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Makbul Ahmed	60	0.1
	Independent	Gazi Md. Delwar Hossain	59	0.1
	Independent	Habibur Rahman Mollah	58	0.0
Majority			13,908	11.8
Turnout			117,714	41.8
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Dhaka-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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External links

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

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