Faridpur-4 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2014 by independent politician
Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Bhanga and
Charbhadrasan upazilas, and all but one
union parishad of
Sadarpur Upazila
Sadarpur ( bn, সদরপুর ) is an upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Sadarpur is located at and has 40219 households and a total area of 290.21 km2.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh c ...
: Krishnapur.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the
2008 general election, the
Election Commission
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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...
.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
;General Election 2018
;General Election 2014
Elections in the 2000s
Abdur Razzaq stood for two seats in the 2001 general election: Faridpur-4 and
Shariatpur-3. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election. Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf was elected in a January 2002 by-election.
Mosharaf Hossain died in August 1999.
His widow, Saleha Mosharraf, was elected in an October by-election.
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Faridpur District
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