Faridpur-4

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Faridpur-4 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = ফরিদপুর-৪.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Faridpur District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Dhaka Division]] |population = |electorate = 370,695 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Md. Shohidul Islam Babul (Faridpur politician)|Md. Shohidul Islam Babul]] |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |next = |module = {{align|left|← [[Faridpur-3|213 Faridpur-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Gopalganj-1|215 Gopalganj-1]] →}} }} '''Faridpur-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bhanga Upazila|Bhanga]] and [[Charbhadrasan Upazila|Charbhadrasan]] upazilas, and all but one [[union parishad]] of [[Sadarpur Upazila]]: Krishnapur.<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]] | [[Delwar Hossain (Faridpur politician)|Delwar Hossain]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohammad Azharul Haque]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mosharraf Hossain (lawyer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] |[[Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |[[Mosharraf Hossain (lawyer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 1999 by-election | [[Saleha Mosharraf]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[Abdur Razzaq (Faridpur-4 politician)|Abdur Razzak]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 2002 by-election | [[Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Nilufer Zafarullah]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" |[[Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury]] | rowspan="3" |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Md. Shohidul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2010s === ;General Election 2018 {{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="2018results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 1,44,179 |percentage = 57.4 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Zafarullah]] |votes = 94,234 |percentage = 37.5 |change = -4.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Khandker Iqbal Hossain |votes = 12,380 |percentage = 4.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 49,945 |percentage = 19.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 2,50,793 |percentage = 67.66 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 3,70,695 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) }} {{Election box end}} ;General Election 2014 {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/06/rebel-candidate-beats-al-presidium-member|title=Rebel candidate beats AL presidium member|date=2014-01-06|publisher=bdnews24.com|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 98,300 |percentage = 57.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Zafarullah]] |votes = 72,248 |percentage = 42.2 |change = -24.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Mohammad Zakir Hossain |votes = 559 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,052 |percentage = 15.2 |change = -21.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 171,107 |percentage = 53.2 |change = +16.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Awami League |candidate = [[Nilufer Zafarullah]] |votes = 157,491 |percentage = 66.0 |change = +63.3 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mostafa Amir Faisal |votes = 70,085 |percentage = 29.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Shamsuddin |votes = 6,468 |percentage = 2.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Shah Alam Reza |votes = 3,937 |percentage = 1.7 |change = -92.9 }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 87,406 |percentage = 36.7 |change = -55.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 237,981 |percentage = 85.9 |change = +31.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }}

[[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] stood for two seats in the 2001 general election: Faridpur-4 and [[Shariatpur-3]]. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election. Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf was elected in a January 2002 by-election.<ref name="ec8th" />

{{Election box begin | title=Faridpur-4 by-election, 2002<ref name="ec8th" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 85,047 |percentage = 94.6 |change = +91.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Saleha Mosharraf]] |votes = 2,390 |percentage = 2.7 |change = -47.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Monowara Begum |votes = 1,643 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Nurul Abedin |votes = 821 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 82,657 |percentage = 91.9 |change = +88.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 89,901 |percentage = 54.3 |change = -13.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |votes = 56,231 |percentage = 49.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 52,586 |percentage = 46.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Zahirul Haq |votes = 3,868 |percentage = 3.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. K. Shajahan Haider |votes = 177 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,645 |percentage = 3.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 112,862 |percentage = 67.8 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

Mosharaf Hossain died in August 1999.<ref name="ds19Aug2014" /> His widow, Saleha Mosharraf, was elected in an October by-election.<ref name="itt29Aug2014" /><ref name="xin28Oct1999" />

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (lawyer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 45,580 |percentage = 48.4 |change = -1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 32,630 |percentage = 34.6 |change = +6.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Azaharul Haque |votes = 7,562 |percentage = 8.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Abdul Quader Molla]] |votes = 4,906 |percentage = 5.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. H. M. Nazmul Huda |votes = 2,846 |percentage = 3.0 |change = -18.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Nurul Abedin |votes = 672 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,950 |percentage = 13.7 |change = -7.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 94,196 |percentage = 74.0 |change = +22.8 }} {{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]]: Faridpur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (lawyer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 43,313 |percentage = 49.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 24,730 |percentage = 28.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Adel Uddin Hawladar |votes = 18,348 |percentage = 21.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Latif Miah |votes = 863 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 18,583 |percentage = 21.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 87,254 |percentage = 51.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}

== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Faridpur-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Faridpur-4&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <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 February 2018}}</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}}</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=Faridpur-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=214 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329143931/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=214 |archive-date=29 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=250 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Faridpur-4 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075456/https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=250 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=211&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105809/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=211&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=212 |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/20081229002005/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=212 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ec8th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |pages=358, 368 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds19Aug2014">{{cite news |title=Death anniversary |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/death-anniversary-37762 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref> <ref name="itt29Aug2014">{{cite news |title=Former Awami League law maker Saleha Mosharraf passes away |url=https://www.clickittefaq.com/former-awami-league-law-maker-saleha-mosharraf-passes-away/ |newspaper=Ittefaq |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=7 July 2018 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723075700/https://www.clickittefaq.com/former-awami-league-law-maker-saleha-mosharraf-passes-away/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="xin28Oct1999">{{cite news |title=Roundup: by-election held peacefully in Bangladesh but lifeless |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=28 October 1999}}</ref> </references>

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

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Faridpur District]]