Faridpur-4 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Faridpur District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 370,695 (2018) |
Year: | 1984 |
Members Label: | Member of Parliament |
Members: | Vacant |
Party Label: | Parliamentary Party |
Blank1 Name: | Prev. Constituency |
Blank1 Info: | Faridpur-3 (Constituency 213) |
Blank2 Name: | Next Constituency |
Blank2 Info: | Gopalganj-1 (Constituency 215) |
Faridpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Bhanga and Charbhadrasan upazilas, and all but one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur.
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.
Abdur Razzaq stood for two seats in the 2001 general election: Faridpur-4 and Shariatpur-3. After winning both, he chose to represent the latter and quit the former, triggering a by-election. Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf was elected in a January 2002 by-election.
Mosharaf Hossain died in August 1999. His widow, Saleha Mosharraf, was elected in an October by-election.