Gazipur-4

Gazipur-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District Gazipur District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate 267,394 (2018)
Current constituency
Created 1984
Party Awami League
Member(s) Simeen Hussain Rimi

Gazipur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2012 by Simeen Hussain Rimi of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kapasia Upazila.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-4.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1986 Mohammad Shahidullah Jatiya Party
1988 Mohammad Obaid Ullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1991 ASM Hannan Shah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Afsaruddin Ahmad Awami League
2001 Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj Awami League
2008 Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj Awami League
2012 by-election Simeen Hussain Rimi Awami League
2014 Simeen Hussain Rimi Awami League
2018 Simeen Hussain Rimi Awami League
2024 Simeen Hussain Rimi Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Gazipur-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Simeen Hussain Rimi 112,887 92.3 +22.8
JP(E) MM Anowar Hossain 7,833 6.4 N/A
BNF Mohammad Saruyare Kaynat 1,626 1.3 N/A
Majority 105,054 85.9 +45.3
Turnout 122,346 53.3 +10.0
AL hold

Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj submitted a letter of resignation from parliament on 23 April 2012. On procedural grounds it was not accepted, but when he again tendered his resignation on 7 July 2012, the seat was declared vacant. Simeen Hussain Rimi, his sister, was elected in a September 2012 by-election.

Gazipur-4 by-election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Simeen Hussain Rimi 63,401 69.5 +7.2
Independent Afsaruddin Ahmad 26,349 28.9 N/A
CPB Asadullah Badal 1,428 1.6 N/A
Majority 37,052 40.6 +14.6
Turnout 91,178 43.3 -44.5
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gazipur-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj 110,682 62.3 +11.1
BNP Mohammad Abdul Majid 64,466 36.3 -9.5
IAB Azahar Hossain Khan 1,191 0.7 N/A
Independent Mahmudul Alam Khan 933 0.5 +0.5
Independent Farida Yasmin 208 0.1 N/A
National People's Party Md. Asraf Hossain Sarkar 82 0.0 N/A
Majority 46,216 26.0 +20.5
Turnout 177,562 87.8 +8.3
AL hold
General Election 2001: Gazipur-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj 80,675 51.2 +3.2
BNP ASM Hannan Shah 72,082 45.8 +3.6
Independent Fakir Iskander Alam 3,238 2.1 N/A
IJOF Mostafizur Rahman 1,322 0.8 N/A
Independent Md. Abdul Mazid 136 0.1 N/A
Independent Mahmudul Alam Khan 55 0.0 N/A
Majority 8,593 5.5 -0.3
Turnout 157,508 79.5 +0.6
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gazipur-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Afsaruddin Ahmad 56,504 48.0 +6.7
BNP ASM Hannan Shah 49,627 42.2 -2.4
JP(E) Md. Abdul Majid 5,838 5.0 +3.9
Jamaat-e-Islami A. K. M. Abdur Rashid 3,486 3.0 -1.3
IOJ Md. Faiz Uddin 1,178 1.0 N/A
Zaker Party Abdul Kabir 546 0.5 -7.7
CPB Md. Altaf Hossain 175 0.2 0.0
Independent Mahabubur Rahman 133 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Islami Party Md. Nazim Uddin Sheikh 132 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Abdul Qasem 90 0.1 N/A
Independent Shihab Uddin Mahmud 40 0.0 N/A
Majority 6,877 5.8 +2.4
Turnout 117,749 78.9 +19.0
AL hold
General Election 1991: Gazipur-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP ASM Hannan Shah 46,766 44.6
AL Syeda Zohra Tajuddin 43,255 41.3
Zaker Party Abdul Kabir 8,549 8.2
Jamaat-e-Islami A. Rashid 4,532 4.3
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman 1,107 1.1
Independent Moazzem Hossain 339 0.3
CPB Md. Shahidullah 216 0.2
Majority 3,511 3.4
Turnout 104,764 59.9
BNP hold