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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Dhaka-4 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Dhaka District Division Dhaka Division Electorate 362,506 (2026)[1] Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Syed Zainul Abedin ← 176 Dhaka-3 178 Dhaka-5 →

**Dhaka-4** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). Since 13th February, 2026, this constituency is represented by [Bangladesh Jaamat-e-Islami](/source/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami) candidate **Syed Joynul Abedin**.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses wards 47 and 51 through 54 of [Dhaka South City Corporation](/source/Dhaka_South_City_Corporation), as well as the [union parishad](/source/Union_parishad) of [Shyampur Thana](/source/Shyampur_Thana): Shyampur integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

## History

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

Ahead of the [2008 general election](/source/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [2001 Bangladesh census](/source/2001_Bangladesh_census).[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Mir Abul Khayer Awami League[5] 1979 Anwar Uddin Shikdar BNP[6] 1986 Syed Abu Hossain Babla Jatiya Party[7][8] 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 2026 Syed Zainul Abedin Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Dhaka-4[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jamaat Syed Zainul Abedin 77,367 47.74 +44.34 BNP Tanvir Ahmed 74,447 45.92 +29.02 IAB Syed Md. Mosaddeq Billah 6,518 4.02 Independent Md. Mizanur Rahman 2,867 1.77 Majority 2,920 1.80 −35.88 Turnout 162,013 44.68 −34.97 Registered electors 362,506 Jamaat gain from Independent

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-4 Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Sayed Abu Hossain 106,959 54.58 −5.45 BNP Salahuddin Ahmed 33,117 16.90 −15.44 IAB Syed Mohammad Mosaddek Billah 12,430 6.35 +6.35 Majority 73,842 37.68 −11.02 Turnout 195,813 79.65 +4.21 Registered electors 245,813 JP(E) hold Swing −5.45

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[1][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 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 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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_1-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rahman2010_3-0)** Rahman, Syedur (2010). [*Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105). Scarecrow Press. p. 105. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-7453-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7453-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds11Jul2008_4-0)** Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). ["Final list of redrawn JS seats published"](http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202). *The Daily Star*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1973results_5-0)** ["List of 1st Parliament Members"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_8-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_12-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000909/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=183). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=183) on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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