Kurigram-4 Explained

Kurigram-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Kurigram District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rangpur Division
Electorate:289,120 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:vacant
Module:Seat no. 28

Kurigram-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chilmari, Char Rajibpur and Raomari upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-17 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing one union parishad (Saheber Alga) of Ulipur Upazila, and adding the remainder of Chilmari Upazila to the two union parishads already included: Ashtamir Char and Nayerhat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986NajimuddaulaIndependent
1988NajimuddaulaJatiya Party
1988 by-electionRokanuddaula MandalJatiya Party
1991Md. Golam HossainJatiya Party
February 1996Abdul Bari SarkarBangladesh Nationalist Party[1]
June 1996Md. Golam HossainJatiya Party
2001Golam Habib DulalIslami Jatiya Oikya Front
2008Zakir HossainAwami League
2014Ruhul AminJatiya Party (Manju)
2018Zakir HossainAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of 6th Parliament Members. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf. 15 September 2018. 9 April 2020. Jatiya Sangsad.