Dhaka-4

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Dhaka-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঢাকা-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Dhaka District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 362,506 (2026)[https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-4] | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Syed Zainul Abedin (politician)|Syed Zainul Abedin]] | seats = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Dhaka-3|176 Dhaka-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Dhaka-5|178 Dhaka-5]] →}} }} '''Dhaka-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 13th February, 2026, this constituency is represented by [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Bangladesh Jaamat-e-Islami]] candidate '''Syed Joynul Abedin'''.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses wards 47 and 51 through 54 of [[Dhaka South City Corporation]], as well as the [[union parishad]] of [[Shyampur Thana]]: Shyampur integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />

== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mir Abul Khayer]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Anwar Uddin Shikdar]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] |[[Syed Abu Hossain Babla]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Salah Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Habibur Rahman Mollah]] | [[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Salah Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Sanjida Khanam]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |[[Syed Abu Hossain Babla]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Aolad Hossain|Awlad Hossain]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Syed Zainul Abedin (politician)|Syed Zainul Abedin]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Dhaka-4<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b63e924f34914b4e55d87 |website=www.vote.org}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party= Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate= [[Syed Zainul Abedin (politician)|Syed Zainul Abedin]] |votes= 77,367 |percentage=47.74 |change=+44.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Tanvir Ahmed |votes= 74,447 |percentage=45.92 |change=+29.02 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Syed Md. Mosaddeq Billah |votes=6,518 |percentage= 4.02 |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent |candidate=Md. Mizanur Rahman |votes=2,867 |percentage= 1.77 |change= }} {{Election box majority |votes = 2,920 |percentage = 1.80 |change = −35.88 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 162,013 |percentage = 44.68 |change = −34.97 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 362,506 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Independent politician }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title = [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Dhaka-4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) | candidate = [[Sayed Abu Hossain]] | votes = 106,959 | percentage = 54.58 | change = −5.45 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = [[Salah Uddin Ahmed|Salahuddin Ahmed]] | votes = 33,117 | percentage = 16.90 | change = −15.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh | candidate = Syed Mohammad Mosaddek Billah | votes = 12,430 | percentage = 6.35 | change = +6.35 }} {{Election box majority | votes = 73,842 | percentage = 37.68 | change = −11.02 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 195,813 | percentage = 79.65 | change = +4.21 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 245,813 }}

{{Election box hold with party link | winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) | swing = −5.45 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Dhaka-4<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Sayed Abu Hossain]] |votes = 17,772 |percentage = 54.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Awlad Hossain |votes = 14,787 |percentage = 45.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,985 |percentage = 9.2 |change = -18.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 32,559 |percentage = 14.2 |change = -65.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Dhaka-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sanjida Khanam]] |votes = 97,828 |percentage = 60.6 |change = +18.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Hai |votes = 52,701 |percentage = 32.7 |change = -19.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Rashid Ahmad Ferdous |votes = 6,600 |percentage = 4.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Lutfar Rahman |votes = 1,551 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party |candidate = Md. Shafiqur Rahman |votes = 1,480 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Makbul Ahmed Mokter |votes = 576 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Md. Motiur Rahman |votes = 204 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Abdul Malek |votes = 167 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Safar Ali |votes = 103 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = United Citizen Movement |candidate = Amir Khan |votes = 99 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Akhter Hossen Bhuiya |votes = 85 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 45,127 |percentage = 28.0 |change = +18.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 161,394 |percentage = 80.1 |change = +20.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Dhaka-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Salah Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 151,368 |percentage = 52.0 |change = +14.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman Mollah]] |votes = 123,002 |percentage = 42.3 |change = -4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Syed Abu Hossain Babla]] |votes = 15,413 |percentage = 5.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Sahidullah Chowdhury |votes = 507 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Habibur Rahman Shawkat |votes = 295 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh People's Congress |candidate = M. A. Gafur |votes = 196 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Monir Hossain Komal |votes = 149 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan |candidate = Md. Mizanur Rahman |votes = 60 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,366 |percentage = 9.7 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 290,990 |percentage = 59.6 |change = -6.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Dhaka-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman Mollah]] |votes = 102,939 |percentage = 47.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Salah Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 81,522 |percentage = 37.3 |change = -10.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Kazi Jafar Ahmed |votes = 18,317 |percentage = 8.4 |change = +2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shah Jalal |votes = 7,368 |percentage = 3.4 |change = -1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Rashid Ahmad Ferdous |votes = 4,719 |percentage = 2.2 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |votes = 1,989 |percentage = 0.9 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Sahidullah Chowdhury |votes = 583 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -35.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Jamal Uddin Mian |votes = 435 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = S. M. Mosharaf Hossain |votes = 269 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Ganatantrik Sarbahara Party |candidate = Rafiqul Alam |votes = 133 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Daridra Party |candidate = Din Mohammed Bhuyan |votes = 94 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Md. Abu Shaleh |votes = 86 |percentage = 0.0 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Md. Yusuf Ali |votes = 48 |percentage = 0.0 |change = -0.1 }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,417 |percentage = 9.8 |change = -2.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 218,502 |percentage = 65.9 |change = +24.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Dhaka-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Salah Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 56,362 |percentage = 47.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Saifuddin Ahmed Manik |votes = 42,454 |percentage = 36.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Aamir Hossain |votes = 6,424 |percentage = 5.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shah Jalal |votes = 6,106 |percentage = 5.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Sharif Uddin Ahmed |votes = 2,803 |percentage = 2.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = M. A. Gafur |votes = 2,300 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = S. M. Jamal Badshah |votes = 614 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Biplobi Front |candidate = Abul Hossain |votes = 170 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = M. A. Ahad |votes = 116 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal |candidate = Kazi Abdus Salam |votes = 95 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = M. A. Gafur |votes = 93 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Makbul Ahmed |votes = 60 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Gazi Md. Delwar Hossain |votes = 59 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Habibur Rahman Mollah]] |votes = 58 |percentage = 0.0 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 13,908 |percentage = 11.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 117,714 |percentage = 41.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}

== References == <references>

<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Dhaka-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=177 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143453/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=177 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=171&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217141905/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=171&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=183 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000909/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=183 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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