{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Gazipur-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = গাজীপুর-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Gazipur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 330,977 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Salahuddin Aiyubi]] | module = {{align|left|← [[Gazipur-3|196 Gazipur-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Gazipur-5|198 Gazipur-5]] →}} }} '''Gazipur-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Kapasia Upazila]], integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]], [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]], [[Gazipur District|Gazipur]], [[Narsingdi District|Narsingdi]], and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj]].
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 added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-4.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !Election!!Member!!colspan="2"|Party |- | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohammad Shahidullah]] | {{Full party name with color|Jatiya Party}} |- | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mohammad Obaid Ullah]] | {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} |- | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]]<ref name="1988results" /> | [[ASM Hannan Shah]] | {{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}} |- | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Afsaruddin Ahmad]] | {{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Awami League|rowspan=7}} |- | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | rowspan="2" | [[Sohel Taj|Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj]] |- | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |- | 2012 by-election | rowspan="4" | [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] |- | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Salahuddin Aiyubi]] | {{Full party name with color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}} |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Gazipur-4<ref>{{cite web |title=গাজীপুর-৪ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/197 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Salahuddin Aiyubi]] |votes=101,779 |percentage=50.93 |change=+47.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Shah Riyajul Hannan |votes=90,390 |percentage=45.23 |change=+9.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Md. Kazim Uddin |votes=2,348 |percentage=1.17 |change=+0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Enamul Kabir |votes=2,147 |percentage=1.07 |change=-5.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 11,389 |percentage = 5.70 |change = -80.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 199,846 |percentage = 60.4 |change = +7.1 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 330,977 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Gazipur-4<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] |votes = 112,887 |percentage = 92.3 |change = +22.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = MM Anowar Hossain |votes = 7,833 |percentage = 6.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Front |candidate = Mohammad Saruyare Kaynat |votes = 1,626 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 105,054 |percentage = 85.9 |change = +45.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 122,346 |percentage = 53.3 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj submitted a letter of resignation from parliament on 23 April 2012. On procedural grounds it was not accepted, but when he again tendered his resignation on 7 July 2012, the seat was declared vacant.<ref name="ds8Jul2012" /> Simeen Hussain Rimi, his sister, was elected in a September 2012 by-election.<ref name="ds1Oct2012" />
{{Election box begin | title=Gazipur-4 by-election, 2012<ref name="ds1Oct2012" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] |votes = 63,401 |percentage = 69.5 |change = +7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Afsaruddin Ahmad]] |votes = 26,349 |percentage = 28.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Asadullah Badal |votes = 1,428 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 37,052 |percentage = 40.6 |change = +14.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 91,178 |percentage = 43.3 |change = -44.5 }} {{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]]: Gazipur-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]] |votes = 110,682 |percentage = 62.3 |change = +11.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Mohammad Abdul Majid |votes = 64,466 |percentage = 36.3 |change = -9.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Azahar Hossain Khan |votes = 1,191 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mahmudul Alam Khan |votes = 933 |percentage = 0.5 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Farida Yasmin |votes = 208 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = National People's Party |candidate = Md. Asraf Hossain Sarkar |votes = 82 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 46,216 |percentage = 26.0 |change = +20.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 177,562 |percentage = 87.8 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Gazipur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]] |votes = 80,675 |percentage = 51.2 |change = +3.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[ASM Hannan Shah]] |votes = 72,082 |percentage = 45.8 |change = +3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Fakir Iskander Alam |votes = 3,238 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Mostafizur Rahman |votes = 1,322 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Mazid |votes = 136 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mahmudul Alam Khan |votes = 55 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,593 |percentage = 5.5 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 157,508 |percentage = 79.5 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Gazipur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Afsaruddin Ahmad]] |votes = 56,504 |percentage = 48.0 |change = +6.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[ASM Hannan Shah]] |votes = 49,627 |percentage = 42.2 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Abdul Majid |votes = 5,838 |percentage = 5.0 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. K. M. Abdur Rashid |votes = 3,486 |percentage = 3.0 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Faiz Uddin |votes = 1,178 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdul Kabir |votes = 546 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Altaf Hossain |votes = 175 |percentage = 0.2 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mahabubur Rahman |votes = 133 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Islami Party |candidate = Md. Nazim Uddin Sheikh |votes = 132 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Qasem |votes = 90 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shihab Uddin Mahmud |votes = 40 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,877 |percentage = 5.8 |change = +2.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 117,749 |percentage = 78.9 |change = +19.0 }} {{Election box hold 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]]: Gazipur-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[ASM Hannan Shah]] |votes = 46,766 |percentage = 44.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Syeda Zohra Tajuddin]] |votes = 43,255 |percentage = 41.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdul Kabir |votes = 8,549 |percentage = 8.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. Rashid |votes = 4,532 |percentage = 4.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mostafizur Rahman |votes = 1,107 |percentage = 1.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Moazzem Hossain |votes = 339 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Shahidullah |votes = 216 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,511 |percentage = 3.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 104,764 |percentage = 59.9 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{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="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="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=Gazipur-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=197 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135543/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=197 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ds8Jul2012">{{cite news |title=Sohel Taj tenders resignation in person |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-241212 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=8 July 2012 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds1Oct2012">{{cite news |last=Hasan |first=Rashidul |date=1 October 2012 |title=Rimi Wins |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-251959 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=191&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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=196 |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/20081229001954/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=196 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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