Brahmanbaria-4

Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League.

Brahmanbaria-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictBrahmanbaria District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate327,257 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Anisul Huq

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Akhaura and Kasba upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-4 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Liaquat Ali Jatiya Party[4]
1988 Mohammad Jahangir Osman [5]
1991 Mia Abdullah Wazed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Shah Alam Awami League
2001 Mushfiqur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Shah Alam Awami League
2014 Anisul Huq Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anisul Huq was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Brahmanbaria-4[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Shah Alam 118,692 58.3 +22.4
BNP Mushfiqur Rahman 82,567 40.6 -7.7
IAB Musleh Uddin Bhuiyan 978 0.5 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Md. Nazrul Islam 425 0.2 N/A
Islamic Front Mohammad Ishak 340 0.2 N/A
BKA Md. Tazul Islam Aktari 244 0.1 N/A
BDB Khandokar Hebjur Rahman 190 0.1 N/A
JSD (R) Sheikh Mohammad Badrul Alam 105 0.1 N/A
Majority 36,125 17.7 +5.3
Turnout 203,541 85.5 +17.7
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Brahmanbaria-4[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Mushfiqur Rahman 81,229 48.3 +19
Awami League Shah Alam 60,340 35.9 +4.5
IJOF Md. Salim 25,773 15.3 N/A
BIF Delwar Hossain Bir Protik 355 0.2 N/A
KSJL Md. Enayet Ullah Khan 265 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Khandokar Hebjur Rahman 136 0.1 N/A
Majority 20,889 12.4 +11.9
Turnout 168,098 67.8 -8.2
BNP gain from Awami League

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Brahmanbaria-4[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Shah Alam 41,615 31.4 +8.5
JP(E) Shahidul Hossain 40,989 31.0 +18.9
BNP Mia Abdullah Wazed 38,815 29.3 -2.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Kazi Nazrul Islam Khadem 7,913 6.0 -3.4
Independent Pasha Ali 1,030 0.8 N/A
IOJ Humayun Kabir 718 0.5 -0.2
Zaker Party Hossain Ahmed Bhuiyan 296 0.2 N/A
Gano Forum Sree Dilip Bhadra 261 0.2 N/A
Independent Rejaur Rahman 243 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Nurul Haque Sarker 232 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Ferdous Akand 215 0.2 0.0
Independent Jahangir Osman Bhuiyan 73 0.1 N/A
Majority 626 0.5 -8.4
Turnout 132,400 76.0 +25.6
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Brahmanbaria-4[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Mia Abdullah Wazed 37,328 31.8
Awami League Serajul Huq 26,867 22.9
Independent Sadeq Ali 18,429 15.7
JP(E) Jahangir Osman Bhuiyan 14,198 12.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Kazi Nazrul Islam Khadem 10,997 9.4
Pragotishil Ganatantrik Sakti Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan 6,557 5.6
IOJ Humayun Kabir 829 0.7
Zaker Party Md. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury 762 0.7
BAKSAL Dilara Begum 487 0.4
Independent Shah Alam 319 0.3
Independent Md. Ferdous Akand 278 0.2
JSD (R) Ali Arshad 224 0.2
Independent Sharif Iqbal Chowdhury 157 0.1
Majority 10,461 8.9
Turnout 117,432 50.4
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References
  1. "Brahmanbaria-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. "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.


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