Bhola-4 Explained

Bhola-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Bhola District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:372,948 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:Abdullah Al Islam Jacob
Party:Awami League

Bhola-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Abdullah Al Islam Jacob of the Awami League.

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 ChowdhuryAwami League
1996Nazimuddin AlamBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Abdullah Al Islam JacobAwami League
2014Abdullah Al Islam JacobAwami League
2018Abdullah Al Islam JacobAwami 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.