{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Khulna-4 | type = Parliamentary constituency | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | image = খুলনা-৪.svg | image_size = 150px | district = [[Khulna District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | electorate = 373,885 (2026){{cn|date=February 2026}} | year = 1973 | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = [[SK Azizul Bari Helal]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | module = {{align|left|← [[Khulna-3|101 Khulna-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Khulna-5|103 Khulna-5]] →}} }} '''Khulna-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 [[Rupsa Upazila|Rupsa]] and [[Terokhada Upazila|Terokhada]] upazilas, as well as Barakpur, Dighalia, Gazirhat and Shenhati [[union parishad]]s of [[Dighalia Upazila]] <ref name="pa1May2018" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]], the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Dighalia Upazila: Ayongghata and Jogipole.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="pa1May2018" /><ref name="ecs" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" |Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Sheikh Abdul Aziz (Bangladeshi politician)|Sheikh Abdul Aziz]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]<ref name="1973results"/> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Abdul Latif Khan (Bangladeshi politician)|Abdul Latif Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Workers Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Sheikh Shahidur Rahman]] | [[Workers Party of Bangladesh|Workers Party]]<ref name="1986results"/> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Moktar Hossain]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results"/> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | [[M. Nurul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[M. Nurul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Molla Jalal Uddin]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Abdus Salam Murshedy]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[SK Azizul Bari Helal]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Mostafa Rashidi Suja died in July 2018.<ref name="ds27Jul2018" /> [[Abdus Salam Murshedy]] was elected unopposed on 4 September, as he was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.<ref name="bdn4Sep2018" />
Mostafa Rashidi Suja was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Khulna-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Molla Jalal Uddin]] |votes = 109,216 |percentage = 50.6 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Sharif Shah Kamal |votes = 97,547 |percentage = 45.2 |change = -9.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Younus Ahammed Sheikh |votes = 8,837 |percentage = 4.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League |candidate = Wazir Ali Morol |votes = 176 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,669 |percentage = 5.4 |change = -6.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 215,776 |percentage = 88.9 |change = +7.9 }} {{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]]: Khulna-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[M. Nurul Islam]] |votes = 102,957 |percentage = 54.2 |change = +15.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] |votes = 80,307 |percentage = 42.3 |change = +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Mallik Mahiuddin |votes = 6,396 |percentage = 3.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nurunnabi Khan Paltu |votes = 301 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Mallik Sahidul Islam |votes = 77 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,650 |percentage = 11.9 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 190,038 |percentage = 81.0 |change = +2.2 }} {{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]]: Khulna-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] |votes = 59,566 |percentage = 40.1 |change = +5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[M. Nurul Islam]] |votes = 57,221 |percentage = 38.5 |change = +7.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdul Hamid |votes = 12,655 |percentage = 8.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mollah Momin Uddin Ahmmed |votes = 10,485 |percentage = 7.1 |change = -11.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Shakhawat Hossain |votes = 8,448 |percentage = 5.7 |change = -2.9 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) |candidate = S. M. Moslem Uddin |votes = 165 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,345 |percentage = 1.6 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 148,540 |percentage = 78.8 |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=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Khulna-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostafa Rashidi Suja]] |votes = 41,693 |percentage = 34.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = A. Khaled Md. Zia Uddin |votes = 37,071 |percentage = 31.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Kazi Aminul Haq |votes = 21,816 |percentage = 18.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Shakhawat Hossain |votes = 10,316 |percentage = 8.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Communist League of Bangladesh |candidate = Sayeedur Rahman Sheikh |votes = 4,362 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin) |candidate = S. M. Amzad Hossain |votes = 1,659 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shahidul Islam |votes = 1,416 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Moinul Islam |votes = 618 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Moktar Hossain]] |votes = 322 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = S. M. Abul Hossain |votes = 298 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Sk. Abdus Salam |votes = 118 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,622 |percentage = 3.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 119,689 |percentage = 58.3 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
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<ref name="pa1May2018">{{cite news |title=EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs |url=http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/174911/EC-changes-25-parliament-seat-demarcations-under |newspaper=Prothom Alo |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=3 August 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=<!--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}}</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}}</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="ds27Jul2018">{{cite news |title=Ex-whip Mostafa Suja passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/khulna-4-al-mp-mostafa-rashidi-suja-passes-away-1611958 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> <ref name="bdn4Sep2018">{{cite news |title=Salam Murshedy elected Khulna-4 MP in uncontested by-polls |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2018/09/04/salam-murshedy-elected-khulna-4-mp-in-uncontested-by-polls |work=bdnews24.com |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=101&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=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714113549/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=101&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=102 |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/20081229001818/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=102 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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