Patuakhali-4 Explained

Patuakhali-4
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Patuakhali District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Barisal Division
Electorate:	249,035 (2018)
Year:	1973
Members:	vacant

Patuakhali-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 Kalapara and Rangabali upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kazi Abul Kashem	Awami League
	1979	Abdul Baten	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdur Razzak Khan	Jatiya Party
	1991	Anwarul Islam	Awami League
	February 1996	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[1]
	June 1996	Anwarul Islam	Awami League
	2001	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	Awami League
	2018	Muhibur Rahman Muhib	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mahbubur Rahman 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

External links

• Web site: People's Republic of Bangladesh . Psephos.

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.