Khulna-4 Explained

Khulna-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Khulna District
Region Label:Division
Region:Khulna Division
Electorate:310,476 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Abdus Salam Murshedy

Khulna-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Abdus Salam Murshedy of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Rupsa and Terokhada upazilas, and all but two union parishads of Dighalia Upazila: Arongghata and Jugipole.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Dighalia Upazila: Ayongghata and Jogipole.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Sheikh Abdul AzizAwami League
1979Abdul Latif KhanAwami League
Major Boundary Changes
1986Sheikh Shahidur RahmanWorkers Party of Bangladesh
1988Moktar Hossain
1991Mostafa Rashidi SujaAwami League
February 1996M. Nurul IslamBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Mostafa Rashidi SujaAwami League
2001M. Nurul IslamBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Molla Jalal UddinAwami League
2014Mostafa Rashidi SujaAwami League
2018 by-electionAbdus Salam MurshedyAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mostafa Rashidi Suja died in July 2018. Abdus Salam Murshedy was elected unopposed on 4 September, as he was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.

Mostafa Rashidi Suja was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

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