Rajshahi-4

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rajshahi-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রাজশাহী-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rajshahi District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 319,909 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Md. Abdul Bari Sarder]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rajshahi-3|54 Rajshahi-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajshahi-5|56 Rajshahi-5]] →}} }} '''Rajshahi-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bagmara Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />

== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Prior to 2008 delimitation, Rajshahi-4 consisted of [[Puthia Upazila|Puthia]] and [[Durgapur Upazila, Rajshahi|Durgapur]] Upazilas, currently [[Rajshahi-5]] constituency. In the 2008 delimitation, a constituency was added to [[Rajshahi District|Rajshahi]]. Erstwhile [[Rajshahi-3]], comprising Bagmara and [[Mohanpur Upazila|Mohanpur]] upazilas, was broken up. A new constituency consisting only Bagmara upazila was created and designated Rajshahi-4.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Anwar |last2=Rajshahi |date=2008-11-08 |title=AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-62415 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Shah Sirajul Islam Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[M. A. Salam Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Muslim League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Muhammad Ayyan Ud-Din]] | [[Bangladesh Muslim League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Abul Hossain (Rajshahi politician)|Abul Hossain]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Tajul Islam Md. Faruk]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Abdus Sattar Mondal]] | rowspan="3" |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | rowspan="2" | [[Nadim Mostafa]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="3" | [[Enamul Haque (engineer)|Enamul Haque]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Abul Kalam Azad (rajshahi politician)|Abul Kalam Azad]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Md. Abdul Bari Sarder|Md. Abdul Bari Sardar]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rajshahi-4<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bd24f34914b4e55e3b|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Md. Abdul Bari Sarder]] |votes=115,226 |percentage=50.4 |change=+50.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=D. M. D. Ziaur Rahman |votes=109,461 |percentage=47.9 |change=+41.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,765 |percentage = 2.5 |change = -30.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 228,568 |percentage = 71.4 |change = +16.7 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 319,909 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2024]]: Rajshahi-4<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Commission |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/bec/public/files/1/12th-parliament-election-constituency-wise-result/NPE_24_55.xlsx |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=www.ecs.gov.bd}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Awami League |candidate=[[Abul Kalam Azad (rajshahi politician)|Abul Kalam Azad]] |votes=107,983 |percentage=65.49 |change=-26.37 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent politician |candidate=[[Enamul Haque (engineer)|Enamul Haque]] |votes=53,812 |percentage=32.63 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Abu Taleb Pramanik |votes=1,518 |percentage=0.92 |change=''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority |votes=54,171 |percentage=32.86 |change=-52.17 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=167,700 |percentage=54.74 |change=-19.82 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 306,344 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s === In the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]], the ruling [[Awami League]] renominated Enamul Haque.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-25 |title=Awami League-nominated candidates |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/js-polls-2018/awami-league-started-party-nomination-letter-distribution-1664929 |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> On the other hand, [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] gave ticket to former two-time MP [[Abu Hena (Bangladeshi politician)|Abu Hena.]]<ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=BNP alliances submit final list of 298 candidates |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/english/online/politics/2018/12/10/17387 |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=Kaler Kantho}}</ref> Enamul Haque retained the seat in a receiving over 91 percent of total vote cast.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-14 |title=Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/results |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>http://www.ecs.gov.bd/bec/public/files/1/11th%20nation_result_1_100.xlsx : Spreadsheet of the results from [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election commission of Bangladesh]]</ref> However, Abu Hena boycotted the election amid allegations of irregularities.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-12-30 |title=47 opposition candidates boycott polls |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/jatiya-oikyafront-cumilla-11-candidate-boycotts-general-election-1680736 |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Rajshahi-4<ref name="2018results" />}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Enamul Haque (engineer)|Enamul Haque]] |votes=1,90,412 |percentage=91.86 |change=+41.56}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Abu Hena (Bangladeshi politician)|Abu Hena]]|votes=14,157 |percentage=6.83|change=-32.17}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=Md Tajul Islam Khan |votes=494 |percentage=0.24 |change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent politician|candidate=Sardar Mohammad Sirajul Karim| votes=434| percentage=0.21| change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,76,255|percentage=85.03|change=+3.4}} {{Election box turnout||votes=2,07,281|percentage=74.56|change=-18.74}} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}Enamul Haque 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" />

=== Elections in the 2000s === In the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 General election]], the new-comer [[Enamul Haque (engineer)|Enamul Haque]] received [[Bangladesh Awami League|AL]] nomination, in lieu of veteran [[Sardar Amjad Hossain]] who had rejoined Awami League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Anwar |last2=Rajshahi |date=2008-12-26 |title=Feud worries grand alliance in greater Rajshahi |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68783 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Amjad Hossain decided to run as an independent candidate.{{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Rajshahi-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Enamul Haque (engineer)|Enamul Haque]] |votes = 107,751 |percentage = 50.3 |change = +6.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Mohammad Abdul Gafur |votes = 83,633 |percentage = 39.0 |change = -12.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Sardar Amjad Hossain]] |votes = 20,676 |percentage = 9.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Mohammad Mohosin Pramanik |votes = 1,861 |percentage = 0.9 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = National People's Party |candidate = Zinnatul Islam Zinnah |votes = 298 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Atikur Rahman |votes = 182 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,118 |percentage = 11.2 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 214,401 |percentage = 93.3 |change = +1.1 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nadim Mostafa]] |votes = 100,551 |percentage = 51.4 |change = +17.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tajul Islam Md. Faruk]] |votes = 85,356 |percentage = 43.7 |change = +13.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Abdul Wahed |votes = 9,032 |percentage = 4.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abul Kalam Azad |votes = 372 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Altaf Hossain |votes = 88 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Nazrul Islam |votes = 54 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,195 |percentage = 7.8 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 195,453 |percentage = 92.2 |change = +4.2 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nadim Mostafa]] |votes = 50,827 |percentage = 33.8 |change = +5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tajul Islam Md. Faruk]] |votes = 45,293 |percentage = 30.2 |change = -7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Ayeen Uddin]] |votes = 23,701 |percentage = 15.8 |change = +12.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Mokshed Ali |votes = 17,996 |percentage = 12.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Nazrul Islam |votes = 7,843 |percentage = 5.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Wahed |votes = 4,354 |percentage = 2.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Sayed Ali Hasan |votes = 164 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,534 |percentage = 3.7 |change = -5.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 150,178 |percentage = 88.0 |change = +11.2 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Tajul Islam Md. Faruk]]|votes=47,194|percentage=38.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Aian Uddin) |candidate = [[Ayeen Uddin]] |votes = 36,254 |percentage = 29.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Abdus Sattar Mondal]]|votes=35,482|percentage=28.7|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=[[Abul Hossain (Rajshahi politician)|Abul Hossain]]|votes=3,586|percentage=2.9|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Bangladesh|candidate=Sadar Uddin Ahmed|votes=1,325|percentage=1.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=10,940|percentage=8.8|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=123,841|percentage=76.8|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Rajshahi-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Rajshahi-4&d=rajshahi |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= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |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= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |archive-date=9 September 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= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |archive-date=4 September 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= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |archive-date=8 July 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=51&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |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= |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=55 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=55 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Rajshahi District]]