Gazipur-4
Gazipur-4 | |
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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
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |