Sylhet-4

Sylhet-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictSylhet District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate512,933 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
MemberAriful Haque Choudhury

Sylhet-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Ariful Haque Choudhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Companiganj, Gowainghat, and Jaintiapur upazilas.

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 redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 A. H. M. Abdul Hai Awami League
1979 Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Imran Ahmad Awami League
1988 Abdul Hannan Awami League
1991 Imran Ahmad Awami League
Feb 1996 Saifur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Saifur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Sep 1996 by-election Imran Ahmad Awami League
2001 Dildar Hossain Selim Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Imran Ahmad Awami League
2014 Imran Ahmad Awami League
2018 Imran Ahmad Awami League
2024 Imran Ahmad Awami League
2026 Ariful Haque Choudhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ariful Haque Chowdhury 186,846 70.9 N/A
Jamaat Md. Joynal Abedin 71,391 27.1 N/A
IAB Sayeed Ahmed 2,724 1.0 N/A
JP(E) Mohammad Mujibur Rahman 1,966 0.7 N/A
GOP Zahirul Islam 561 0.2 N/A
Majority 115,455 43.8 N/A
Turnout 263,488 51.4 N/A
Registered electors 512,933
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Imran Ahmad 63,323 72.3 +13.2
Independent Mohammad Faruk Ahmed 24,274 27.7 N/A
Majority 39,049 44.6 +25.9
Turnout 87,597 26.8 −59.2
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Imran Ahmad 144,198 59.1 +24.5
BNP Dildar Hossain Selim 98,545 40.4 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Mohammad Helal Uddin 1,252 0.5 N/A
Majority 45,653 18.7 +8.0
Turnout 243,995 86.0 +15.4
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Dildar Hossain Selim 62,324 45.3
AL Imran Ahmad 47,608 34.6
JUI Mohammad Ali 19,256 14.0
IJOF Kazi Kamal Ahmad 8,171 5.9
Jatiya Party (M) Rashid Helali 332 0.2
Majority 14,716 10.7
Turnout 137,691 70.6
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

Saifur Rahman stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election, and won two of them: Sylhet-4 and Moulvibazar-3. He chose to represent Moulvibazar-3 and quit Sylhet-4, triggering a by-election. His main opponent from the general election, Imran Ahmad, was elected in a September 1996 by-election.

General Election June 1996: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Saifur Rahman 23,946 25.8 −1.2
AL Imran Ahmad 22,725 24.5 −18.3
Independent Dildar Hossain Selim 17,009 18.3 N/A
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Nurul Islam 14,294 15.4 N/A
JP(E) Md. Siraj Uddin 10,578 11.4 N/A
Jamaat Abdul Mannan 3,095 3.3 N/A
Zaker Party Golam Kader Talukdar 557 0.6 −3.1
Independent Md. Abdul Ahad 359 0.4 N/A
Independent Md. Muslim Uddin Bhuiyan 218 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Monir Uddin Master 147 0.2 −24.0
Majority 1,221 1.3 −14.5
Turnout 92,928 61.9 +26.9
BNP gain from AL
General Election 1991: Sylhet-4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Imran Ahmad 23,018 42.8
BNP Nazim Kamran Choudhury 14,508 27.0
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Monir Uddin Master 13,008 24.2
Zaker Party Shafiqur Rahman 2,016 3.7
JSD Nasir Uddin 1,109 2.1
Islami Samajtantrik Dal Mosammat Minara Begum 172 0.3
Majority 8,510 15.8
Turnout 53,831 35.0
AL gain from

Notes

  1. ↑ The vote counts given by The Business Standard are incomplete.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sylhet-4". The Business Standard. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  2. 1 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 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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  9. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. ↑ সিলেট সংসদীয় আসনে একনজরে নির্বাচনের ফলাফল [Sylhet parliamentary constituency election results at a glance]. Crime Sylhet (in Bengali). 13 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "20 candidates losing deposit in 6 seats in Sylhet" সিলেটের ৬ আসনে জামানত হারাচ্ছেন ২০ প্রার্থী. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 2026.
  13. ↑ "Sylhet-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Sylhet-4". Amar Desh. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 "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.
  17. ↑ "Four-party loses all Sylhet seats". The Daily Star. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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