{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Kishoreganj-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কিশোরগঞ্জ-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Kishoreganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 320,246 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = |members_label = Member of Parliament |members = [[Md Fazlur Rahman]] | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Kishoreganj-3|164 Kishoreganj-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Kishoreganj-5|166 Kishoreganj-5]] →}} }} '''Kishoreganj-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Austagram Upazila|Austagram]], [[Itna Upazila|Itna]], and [[Mithamain Upazila|Mithamain]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh]], [[Sherpur District|Sherpur]], [[Netrokona District|Netrokona]], and [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mujibul 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]] | [[Mizanul Haque]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Kabira Uddina Ahmed]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |[[Mizanul Haque]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Osman Faruk]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Mohammad Abdul Hamid]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2013 by-election |[[Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Md Fazlur Rahman ]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq was re-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" />
In April 2013, Abdul Hamid became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat. Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq, his son, stood as an Awami League candidate in the resulting July 2013 by-election, and was elected.<ref name="bdn3Jul2013" />
{{Election box begin | title=Kishoreganj-4 by-election, 2013<ref name="bdn3Jul2013" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq]] |votes = 99,933 |percentage = 62.8 |change = +7.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Mohitul Islam Asheem |votes = 59,224 |percentage = 37.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 40,709 |percentage = 25.6 |change = +14.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 159,157 |percentage = 57.4 |change = -29.2 }} {{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]]: Kishoreganj-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammad Abdul Hamid]] |votes = 115,093 |percentage = 55.2 |change = +22.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md Fazlur Rahman|Fazlur Rahman]] |votes = 92,440 |percentage = 44.3 |change = +10.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish |candidate = Hedayetulla Hadi |votes = 1,025 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,653 |percentage = 10.9 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 208,558 |percentage = 86.6 |change = +12.0 }} {{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]]: Kishoreganj-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Osman Faruk]] |votes = 65,447 |percentage = 33.8 |change = +11.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanul Haque]] |votes = 64,232 |percentage = 33.2 |change = -4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Mujibul Haque]] |votes = 62,533 |percentage = 32.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = [[Md Fazlur Rahman|Fazlur Rahman]] |votes = 686 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Enamul Haq |votes = 611 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Anowara Khan Chowdhury |votes = 162 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,215 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 193,671 |percentage = 74.6 |change = +2.7 }} {{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]]: Kishoreganj-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanul Haque]] |votes = 52,220 |percentage = 37.2 |change = -5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Mujibul Haque]] |votes = 50,393 |percentage = 35.9 |change = +19.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Kabir Uddin Ahmed |votes = 31,588 |percentage = 22.5 |change = -14.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. A. Hai |votes = 5,649 |percentage = 4.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Asit Kumar Sarker |votes = 256 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Jinnatul Islam |votes = 208 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,827 |percentage = 1.3 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 140,314 |percentage = 71.9 |change = +22.5 }} {{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]]: Kishoreganj-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mizanul Haque]] |votes = 45,608 |percentage = 42.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Kabir Uddin Ahmed |votes = 39,554 |percentage = 36.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Mujibul Haque]] |votes = 17,952 |percentage = 16.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Asadul Haq |votes = 3,262 |percentage = 3.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. Latif Khandakar |votes = 482 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Aamirul Islam |votes = 446 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,054 |percentage = 5.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 107,304 |percentage = 49.4 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Kishoreganj-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Kishoreganj-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=<!--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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Mymensingh.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054535/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Mymensingh.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}}</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 |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="bdn3Jul2013">{{cite news |title=Rejwan wins Kishoreganj by-polls |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/07/03/rejwan-wins-kishoreganj-by-polls |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=161&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=168 |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/20081229002507/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=168 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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