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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Kurigram-4 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Kurigram District Division Rangpur Division Electorate 289,120 (2018) Current constituency Created 1984 Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Md. Mostafizur Rahman ← 27 Kurigram-3 29 Gaibandha-1 →

**Kurigram-4** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). [Md. Mostafizur Rahman](/source/Md._Mostafizur_Rahman_(Kurigram_politician)) is the current member of parliament.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Chilmari](/source/Chilmari_Upazila), [Char Rajibpur](/source/Char_Rajibpur_Upazila) and [Raomari](/source/Raomari_Upazila) upazilas.[1]

## History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-17 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: [Nilphamari](/source/Nilphamari_District), [Lalmonirhat](/source/Lalmonirhat_District), [Rangpur](/source/Rangpur_District), [Kurigram](/source/Kurigram_District), and [Gaibandha](/source/Gaibandha_District).

Ahead of the [2018 general election](/source/2018_Bangladeshi_general_election), the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing one [union parishad](/source/Union_parishad) (Saheber Alga) of [Ulipur Upazila](/source/Ulipur_Upazila), and adding the remainder of [Chilmari Upazila](/source/Chilmari_Upazila) to the two union parishads already included: Ashtamir Char and Nayerhat.[2][3]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1986 Najimuddaula Independent[4] 1988 Jatiya Party[5] 1988 by-election Rokanuddaula 1991 Golam Hossain Feb 1996 Abdul Bari Sarkar BNP[6] Jun 1996 Golam Hossain Jatiya Party 2001 Golam Habib Dulal Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 2008 Zakir Hossain Awami League 2014 Ruhul Amin Jatiya Party (Manju) 2018 Zakir Hossain Awami League[7] 2024 Md. Biplab Hasan

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Kurigram-4[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Md. Azizur Rahman Jamaat Md. Mostafizur Rahman BSD Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Khaliq Independent Md. Rukunuzzaman BSD (Marxist) Raju Ahmed JP(E) K. M. Fazlul Mandal IAB Md. Hafizur Rahman Majority Turnout

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Kurigram-4[9][10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jatiya Party (M) Ruhul Amin 32,607 54.8 +53.3 AL Zakir Hossain 24,939 41.9 +4.3 Independent Motalib Hossain 1,968 3.3 N/A Majority 7,668 12.9 +2.6 Turnout 59,514 29.3 −56.7 Jatiya Party (M) gain from AL

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kurigram-4[2][11][12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Zakir Hossain 73,913 37.6 +19.6 JP(E) Golam Habib Dulal 53,682 27.3 N/A Jamaat Noor Alam Mukul 42,968 21.9 −6.0 Independent Md. Eman Ali 17,183 8.7 N/A IAB Abul Kalam Azad 4,319 2.2 N/A Jatiya Party (M) Md. Lutfor Rahaman 3,030 1.5 −9.9 BSD Md. Mohi Uddin Ahmed 1,090 0.6 N/A Independent Rukunur Dowlla 327 0.2 N/A Majority 20,231 10.3 −2.3 Turnout 196,512 86.0 +13.4 AL gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Kurigram-4[13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% IJOF Golam Habib Dulal 62,484 40.5 N/A Jamaat Md. Abdul Latif 43,025 27.9 +11.7 AL Shawkat Ali Sarkar 27,856 18.0 −2.4 Jatiya Party (M) Golam Hossain 17,568 11.4 N/A Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Md. Abul Bashar Monju 3,458 2.2 N/A Majority 19,459 12.6 −7.5 Turnout 154,391 72.6 +7.4 IJOF gain from JP(E)

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kurigram-4[13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Golam Hossain 42,790 40.5 +11.3 AL Shawkat Ali Sarkar 21,514 20.4 +5.9 Jamaat Md. Sirajul Haque 17,064 16.2 −4.9 BNP Md. Abdul Bari Sarkar 12,698 12.0 −1.5 Independent Azizur Rahman 7,985 7.6 N/A IOJ Abul Kalam Azad 1,469 1.4 N/A Zaker Party Md. Nurul Alam 1,203 1.1 +0.3 Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Abul Bashar Manju 431 0.4 N/A Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Md. Nurul Islam 282 0.3 −5.0 FP A. B. M. Moinul Islam 185 0.2 −0.9 Majority 21,276 20.1 +11.9 Turnout 105,621 65.2 +24.3 JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Kurigram-4[13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Golam Hossain 21,991 29.2 Jamaat Md. Sirajul Haque 15,854 21.1 AL Md. Azizul Haq 10,915 14.5 BNP Azizur Rahman 10,169 13.5 Independent Md. Abul Kashem 7,550 10.0 Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Md. Nurul Islam Sarker 3,998 5.3 Independent Md. Anwar Hossain 2,024 2.7 Independent Mohammad Sadakat Hossain 911 1.2 FP A. B. M. Moinul Islam 801 1.1 Zaker Party Md. Nurul Alam 577 0.8 CPB Md. Golam Hider 263 0.3 Jatia Mukti Dal Md. Amjad Hossain 219 0.3 Majority 6,137 8.2 Turnout 75,272 40.9 JP(E) hold

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pa1May2018_1-0)** ["EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs"](http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/174911/EC-changes-25-parliament-seat-demarcations-under). *Prothom Alo*. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_2-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1986results_4-0)** ["List of 3rd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_5-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2018results_7-0)** ["Kurigram-4"](https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Kurigram-4&d=rangpur). *The Daily Star*. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["কুড়িগ্রাম-৪"](https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/28). *প্রথম আলো* (in Bengali).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_12-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_13-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081228235343/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=28). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=28) on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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