Barisal-4 Explained

Barisal-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Barisal District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:323,573 (2018)
Year:1973

Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj 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
1973Yusuf Hossain HumayunAwami League
1979Siddiqur RahmanBNP
1986Maidul IslamJatiya Party (Ershad)
1991Mohiuddin AhmedAwami League
1996Shah M. Abul HussainBNP
2008Md. Mazbauddin Farhad
2014Pankaj NathAwami League
2024Independent

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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