Noakhali-4 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
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since 2008 by
Ekramul Karim Chowdhury
Ekramul Karim Chowdhury () (born 9 June 1962) is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician and Member of Parliament from Noakhali-4.
Early life
Chowdhury was born on 9 June 1962 in Noakhali. He has studied up to Higher Secondary School Certific ...
of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the
2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding two
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s of Noakhali Sadar Upazila: Ashwadia and Niazpur.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Ekramul Karim Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Noakhali District
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