Bhola-4 Explained

Bhola-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Bhola District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:372,948 (2018)
Year:1984

Bhola-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Char Fasson and Manpura upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986Saad Zagulul FarukJatiya Party
1991M. M. Nazrul IslamAwami League
1992 by-electionJafar Ullah Chowdhury
1996Nazimuddin AlamBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Abdullah Al Islam JakobAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdullah Al Islam Jacob was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

M. M. Nazrul Islam died in office in September 1992.[1] Jafar Ullah Chowdhury was elected in a December 1992 by-election.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: bn:অধ্যক্ষ নজরুল ইসলামের ২৬তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ . Today is the 26th death anniversary of Principal Nazrul Islam . https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/news/2018/09/17/681105 . Kaler Kantho . 17 September 2018 . bn.
  2. Book: Akhter . Muhammad Yeahia . 2001 . Electoral corruption in Bangladesh . Ashgate . 978-0-7546-1628-3 . 243.