{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Dinajpur-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = দিনাজপুর-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 421,278 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Dinajpur-3|8 Dinajpur-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Dinajpur-5|10 Dinajpur-5]] →}} }} '''Dinajpur-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Chirirbandar Upazila|Chirirbandar]] and [[Khansama Upazila|Khansama]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Ali Akbar (Bangladeshi politician)|Ali Akbar]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Mirza Ruhul Amin]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Workers Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] | [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mohammed Sakhawat Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Abdul Halim (Bangladeshi politician)|Abdul Halim]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="4" | [[Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Dinajpur-4<ref>{{cite web |title=দিনাজপুর-৪ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/9 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] |votes= 165,577 |percentage=54.41 |change=+23.11 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Aftab Uddin Mollah |votes= 127,666 |percentage=41.96 |change=N/A }} {{Election box majority |votes = 37,911 |percentage = 12.46 |change = −2.94 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 304,298 |percentage = 72.23 |change = −20.47 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 421,278 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League |swing = +23.11 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Dinajpur-4<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali]] |votes = 68,088 |percentage = 98.0 |change = +51.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Enamul Haque Sarkar |votes = 1,380 |percentage = 2.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 66,708 |percentage = 96.0 |change = +80.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 69,468 |percentage = 22.9 |change = -69.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Dinajpur-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali]] |votes = 118,188 |percentage = 46.7 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] |votes = 79,133 |percentage = 31.3 |change = -21.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Hafizur Rahman Sarkar |votes = 50,274 |percentage = 19.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] |votes = 4,511 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Asaf-ud-doula |votes = 870 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 39,055 |percentage = 15.4 |change = +5.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 252,976 |percentage = 92.7 |change = +6.4 }} {{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]]: Dinajpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Akhtaruzzaman Mia]] |votes = 108,360 |percentage = 52.3 |change = +21.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] |votes = 87,351 |percentage = 42.2 |change = +1.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Sekender Ali Shah |votes = 8,094 |percentage = 3.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Emdadul Islam Chowdhury |votes = 2,869 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Monindra Nath Ray |votes = 487 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,009 |percentage = 10.1 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 207,161 |percentage = 86.3 |change = +11.3 }} {{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]]: Dinajpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] |votes = 59,746 |percentage = 41.1 |change = -6.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Halim |votes = 44,394 |percentage = 30.6 |change = +18.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Aftab Uddin Mollah |votes = 30,040 |percentage = 20.7 |change = -8.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mirza Samsul Wazed |votes = 10,700 |percentage = 7.4 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Saiful Islam |votes = 374 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,352 |percentage = 10.6 |change = -8.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 145,254 |percentage = 75.0 |change = +10.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Dinajpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Manu]] |votes = 58,745 |percentage = 47.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Aftab Uddin Mollah |votes = 35,538 |percentage = 28.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Halim |votes = 15,566 |percentage = 12.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Sakhawat Hossain |votes = 9,280 |percentage = 7.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Akter Hosain |votes = 1,796 |percentage = 1.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Jamil Udiin Ahmed |votes = 1,485 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = M. A. Rashid Beg |votes = 527 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Md. Omar Faruk Shah |votes = 305 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. F. M. Mahmudul Islam |votes = 292 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shree Ashwini Kumar Roy |votes = 214 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Matin) |candidate = Md. Abu Ali Chowdhury |votes = 108 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 23,207 |percentage = 18.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 123,856 |percentage = 64.4 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }} {{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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018 |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Dinajpur-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=009 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171918/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=009 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=1&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151120/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=1&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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=9 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222053959/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=9 |archive-date=22 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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