{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Kushtia-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কুষ্টিয়া-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Kushtia District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 351,234 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Kushtia-3|77 Kushtia-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Chuadanga-1|79 Chuadanga-1]] →}} }} '''Kushtia-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Khoksa Upazila|Khoksa]] and [[Kumarkhali Upazila|Kumarkhali]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mohammad Golam Kibria]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Md. Abdul Haque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Abul Hossain Tarun]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Nur Alam Ziku]] | Combined Opposition Party<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abdul Awal Mia]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Shahidullah Khan (politician)|Shahidullah Khan]] | rowspan="2" |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=List of 6th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2018|access-date=9 April 2020|website=[[Jatiya Sangsad]]}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] |- | style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election |2001]] | [[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Sultana Tarun]] | rowspan="3" | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Abdur Rouf (politician, born 1954)|Abdur Rouf]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Selim Altaf Gorge]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Abdur Rouf (politician, born 1954)|Abdur Rouf]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Afjal Hossain]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Kushtia -4<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b672124f34914b4e55e2b|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Minority Janata Party |candidate=Tarun Kumar Ghosh |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Afjal Hossain]] |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Anwar Khan |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Gano Forum |candidate=Md Abdul Hakim Miya |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Labour Party |candidate=Md Shahidul Islam |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Kushtia-4<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Rouf (politician, born 1954)|Abdur Rouf]] |votes = 62,149 |percentage = 50.4 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sadar Uddin Khan |votes = 56,475 |percentage = 45.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Rokonuzzaman Rokon |votes = 3,550 |percentage = 2.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Abdul Bari Zoarder |votes = 1,060 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,674 |percentage = 4.6 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 123,234 |percentage = 39.4 |change = -51.7 }} {{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]]: Kushtia-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sultana Tarun]] |votes = 131,620 |percentage = 52.0 |change = +20.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] |votes = 115,842 |percentage = 45.8 |change = -4.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Abdul Awal Mia]] |votes = 2,730 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Mostafizur Rahman |votes = 2,513 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Nazmul Ashraf |votes = 409 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,778 |percentage = 6.2 |change = -13.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 253,114 |percentage = 91.1 |change = +7.2 }} {{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]]: Kushtia-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] |votes = 110,792 |percentage = 50.5 |change = +17.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sultana Tarun]] |votes = 68,404 |percentage = 31.2 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Abdur Rouf (politician, born 1954)|Abdur Rouf]] |votes = 36,248 |percentage = 16.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = [[Nur Alam Ziku]] |votes = 3,132 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = G. M. Shahidul Alam |votes = 251 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sudhir Kumar Das |votes = 248 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Solaiman Hossain |votes = 173 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 42,388 |percentage = 19.3 |change = +19.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 219,248 |percentage = 83.9 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Kushtia-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] |votes = 55,871 |percentage = 32.7 |change = +15.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abul Hossain Tarun]] |votes = 55,510 |percentage = 32.5 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Farhad Hossain |votes = 26,340 |percentage = 15.4 |change = -8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = [[Nur Alam Ziku]] |votes = 19,765 |percentage = 11.6 |change = -16.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Syed Amjad Ali |votes = 10,997 |percentage = 6.4 |change = +6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Ahmed Ali |votes = 1,433 |percentage = 0.8 |change = +0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abul Kasem |votes = 551 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Democratic Republican Party |candidate = Md. Shahadat Ali Sheikh |votes = 216 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Sheikh Jahangir Alam |votes = 169 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 361 |percentage = 0.2 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 170,852 |percentage = 84.4 |change = +15.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Kushtia-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdul Awal Mia]] |votes = 42,855 |percentage = 28.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = [[Nur Alam Ziku]] |votes = 42,627 |percentage = 28.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Farhad Hossain |votes = 35,837 |percentage = 23.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi]] |votes = 26,408 |percentage = 17.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Alhaz Foyez Uddin |votes = 1,299 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Kiam Uddin |votes = 727 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Shahidul Islam |votes = 525 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Mostofa Samsuddin |votes = 185 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Amirul Islam |votes = 141 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = A. Mannan Khan |votes = 84 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 228 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 150,688 |percentage = 68.9 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Kushtia-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Kushtia-4&d=khulna |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="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="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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=<!--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 |title=Kushtia-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=078 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201945/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=078 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=112 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Kushtia-4 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=77&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=78 |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/20081229003027/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=78 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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