Bhola-4 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Bhola District |
Division | Barisal Division |
Electorate | 372,948 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob |
Bhola-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Abdullah Al Islam Jacob of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Char Fasson and Manpura upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | Saad Zagulul Faruk | Jatiya Party [4] [5] | |
1991 | M. M. Nazrul Islam | Awami League | |
1992 by-election | Jafar Ullah Chowdhury | Awami League | |
1996 | Nazimuddin Alam | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob | Awami League | |
2014 | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob | Awami League | |
2018 | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob | Awami League |
Abdullah Al Islam Jacob was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob | 134,831 | 58.2 | +25.1 | ||
BNP | Nazim Uddin Alam | 95,732 | 41.3 | -18.7 | ||
BDB | Md. Sirajul Islam | 1,017 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 39,099 | 16.9 | -10.0 | |||
Turnout | 231,580 | 84.5 | +27.2 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Nazim Uddin Alam | 94,226 | 60.0 | +4.0 | |
AL | Abdullah Al Islam Jacob | 51,937 | 33.1 | -4.3 | |
Independent | Jafar Ullah Chowdhury | 9,648 | 6.2 | N/A | |
IJOF | A. T. M. Kamal Hossain | 953 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party | Md. Sirajul Islam | 197 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 42,289 | 26.9 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 156,961 | 57.3 | -8.9 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Nazim Uddin Alam | 64,328 | 55.6 | +42.9 | ||
AL | Jafar Ullah Chowdhury | 43,213 | 37.4 | -8.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Ziaul Morshed | 3,242 | 2.8 | -7.1 | ||
JP(E) | Motahar Hossain | 2,095 | 1.8 | -28.3 | ||
IOJ | Siddque Ullah | 1,953 | 1.7 | +1.5 | ||
Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | Md. Shahadat Hossain | 399 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Momtaz Begum | 397 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 21,115 | 18.3 | +2.9 | |||
Turnout | 115,627 | 66.2 | +31.7 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
M. M. Nazrul Islam died in office in September 1992. [10] Jafar Ullah Chowdhury was elected in a December 1992 by-election. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | M. M. Nazrul Islam | 32,719 | 45.5 | |||
JP(E) | Naziur Rahman Manzur | 21,638 | 30.1 | |||
BNP | A. K. F. Aminul Ekram | 9,110 | 12.7 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Shahjahan MA | 7,097 | 9.9 | |||
Zaker Party | Yakub Ali Chowdhury | 617 | 0.9 | |||
BAKSAL | A. Malek | 330 | 0.5 | |||
Independent | Ansar Uddin | 262 | 0.4 | |||
IOJ | Md. Oli Ullah Miah | 114 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 11,081 | 15.4 | ||||
Turnout | 71,877 | 34.5 | ||||
AL gain from JP(E) |
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