{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Nilphamari-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নীলফামারী-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Nilphamari District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 451,814 (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 = [[Abdul Muntakim]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Nilphamari-3|14 Nilphamari-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Lalmonirhat-1|16 Lalmonirhat-1]] →}} }} '''Nilphamari-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 13th February, 2026, This constituency is represented by [[Abdul Muntakim]], a member of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Bangladesh Jaamat-e-Islami.]]
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Saidpur Upazila|Saidpur]] and [[Kishoreganj Upazila|Kishoreganj]] Upazilas.<ref name="pa1May2018" />
== History == The constituency was established in 1984 following the division of the former Rangpur District into five districts: [[Nilphamari District|Nilphamari]], [[Lalmonirhat District|Lalmonirhat]], [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Kurigram District|Kurigram]], and [[Gaibandha District|Gaibandha]].
Prior to the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]], the Election Commission expanded the constituency's boundaries. Previously, it had excluded the three northernmost [[union parishad]]s of Kishoreganj Upazila: Barabita, Putimari, and Ranachandi.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Rowshan Ali Miah]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|National Awami Party (Wali)}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | rowspan="2" | [[Md. Abdul Hafiz]] |[[Bangladesh National Awami Party (Muzaffar)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Asadur Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Amzad Hossain Sarker]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[A. A. Maruf Saklain]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Shawkat Chowdhury]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Ahsan Adelur Rahman]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Siddiqul Alam Siddiq|Md Siddiqul Alam]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2024 |title=Bangladesh election: List of Rangpur division’s winners |url=https://en.somoynews.tv/news/2024-01-08/bangladesh-election-list-of-rangpur-division-s-winners |work=Somoy Tv}}</ref> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Abdul Muntakim]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Nilphamari-4<ref>{{cite web |title=নীলফামারী-৪ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/15 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Abdul Muntakim]] |votes=126,222 |percentage=60.6 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Md. Abdul Gafur Sarkar |votes=82,086 |percentage=39.4 |change=+12.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 44,136 |percentage = 21.2 |change = +13.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 294,862 |percentage = 65.3 |change = -25.8 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 451,814 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Bangladesh Awami League |swing = +18.3 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Shawkat Chowdhury 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]]: Nilphamari-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A. A. Maruf Saklain]] |votes = 87,319 |percentage = 42.3 |change = +9.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Shawkat Chowdhury]] |votes = 70,044 |percentage = 31.3 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amzad Hossain Sarker]] |votes = 61,097 |percentage = 27.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Sadar Uddin |votes = 2,070 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Monsura Rahman Jahangir Mohiuddin |votes = 332 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 17,275 |percentage = 7.7 |change = +11.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 224,122 |percentage = 91.07 |change = +14.0 }} {{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]]: Nilphamari-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amzad Hossain Sarker]] |votes = 60,199 |percentage = 34.9 |change = +19.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A. A. Maruf Saklain]] |votes = 57,285 |percentage = 33.2 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Asadur Rahman]] |votes = 52,732 |percentage = 30.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] |votes = 1,658 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Delwar Hossain |votes = 263 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Md. Asbak Ahemmad |votes = 164 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mokhlesur Rahman |votes = 86 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,914 |percentage = 1.7 |change = -10.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 172,387 |percentage = 77.7 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Nilphamari-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Asadur Rahman]] |votes = 57,265 |percentage = 42.0 |change = +7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Mokhlesur Rahman |votes = 41,053 |percentage = 30.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amzad Hossain Sarkar]] |votes = 20,780 |percentage = 15.2 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Mozammel Haque Shah |votes = 14,043 |percentage = 10.3 |change = -3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Nurul Islam |votes = 2,022 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = S. M. Babul |votes = 838 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Humayun Kabir |votes = 361 |percentage = 0.3 |change = 0.0 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 16,212 |percentage = 11.9 |change = +11.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 136,362 |percentage = 75.7 |change = +24.1 }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |loser = [[National Awami Party|NAP (Muzaffar)]] }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Nilphamari-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = [[Md. Abdul Hafiz]] |votes = 35,112 |percentage = 34.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] |votes = 35,009 |percentage = 34.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Lutfor Rahaman |votes = 13,972 |percentage = 13.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Anisul Arefin Chowdhury |votes = 12,745 |percentage = 12.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Oikkya Front |candidate = Md. Tajul Islam |votes = 2,704 |percentage = 2.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Ali Gulkhan |votes = 1,429 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ismael |votes = 612 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mokhlesur Rahman |votes = 550 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Abu Alam |votes = 321 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khairul Alam |votes = 155 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 103 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 102,609 |percentage = 51.6 |change = }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = [[National Awami Party|NAP (Muzaffar)]] |loser = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Nilphamari-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Nilphamari-4&d=rangpur |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <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="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=Nat'l election: Number of unopposed winners now 154 |url=http://bangladeshchronicle.net/2013/12/natl-election-number-of-unopposed-winners-now-154/ |newspaper=The Bangladesh Chronicle |agency=UNB |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515183614/http://bangladeshchronicle.net/2013/12/natl-election-number-of-unopposed-winners-now-154/ |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=11&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=15 |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/20081224223156/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=15 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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