Gazipur-4

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

Gazipur-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictGazipur District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate267,394 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Simeen Hussain Rimi

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kapasia Upazila.[2][3]

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.[4] The 2008 redistricting added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-4.[5]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Mohammad Shahidullah Jatiya Party[6]
1988 Mohammad Obaid Ullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
1991 ASM Hannan Shah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Afsaruddin Ahmad Awami League
2001 Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj Awami League
2012 by-election Simeen Hussain Rimi Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Gazipur-4[8]
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.[9] Simeen Hussain Rimi, his sister, was elected in a September 2012 by-election.[10]

Gazipur-4 by-election, 2012[10]
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[2][11][12]
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[13]
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[13]
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[13]
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

References
  1. "Gazipur-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "Gazipur-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Sohel Taj tenders resignation in person". The Daily Star. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. Hasan, Rashidul (1 October 2012). "Rimi Wins". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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