Natore-4

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

{{Infobox constituency

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| district = Natore District

| region_label = Division

| region = Rajshahi Division

| population =

| electorate = 371,788 (2018)

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| year = 1984

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Natore-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2023 by Siddiqur Rahman Patwari of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Baraigram and Gurudaspur.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament

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colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1986

| Md. Abul Kasem Sarker

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1991

| Abdul Quddus

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

|Feb 1996

|Ekramul Alam

|BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

|Jun 1996

|Abdul Quddus

|Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2001

| Mozammel Haque

| BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2008

| Abdul Quddus

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

|2023 by-election

|Siddiqur Rahman Patwari

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

Abdul Quddus was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

{{Election box begin|title=General Election 2018: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Abdul Quddus|votes=285532|percentage=76.80|change=+2.1|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Md Abdul Aziz|votes=Boycotted Polls|percentage=N/A|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=MD ALA UDDIN MRIDHA|votes=7304|percentage=1.98|change=+0.48|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=MD BADRUL AMIN|votes=6371|percentage=1.72|change=+0.54|}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|winner=Bangladesh Awami League|loser= Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General Election 2014: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Abdul Quddus|votes=Winner (Uncontested)|percentage=N/A|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=------|votes=Boycotted Polls|percentage=N/A|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=------|votes=Boycotted Polls|percentage=N/A|change=N/A|}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|winner=Bangladesh Awami League}}{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Quddus

|votes = 160,549

|percentage = 57.4

|change = +23.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Mozammel Haque

|votes = 115,409

|percentage = 41.2

|change = -6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Muhammad Abdul Latif Miau Helal

|votes = 2,140

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Bimal Kumar Mitra

|votes = 832

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Krishak Sramik Janata League

|candidate = Md. Shahidul Islam Munshi

|votes = 311

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = United Citizen Movement

|candidate = Md. Monjur Alam

|votes = 265

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Romnath Mahatho

|votes = 259

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Progressive Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

|candidate = A. M. Amrul Huq

|votes = 59

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 45,140

|percentage = 16.1

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 279,824

|percentage = 93.1

|change = +6.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Mozammel Haque

|votes = 111,626

|percentage = 48.0

|change = +13.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Quddus

|votes = 79,450

|percentage = 34.2

|change = -3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Eshrat Ali

|votes = 31,333

|percentage = 13.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Abu Ahsan

|votes = 10,006

|percentage = 4.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 32,176

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 232,415

|percentage = 86.6

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Abdul Quddus|votes=67,013|percentage=37.6|change=+1.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Mozammel Haque|votes=61,378|percentage=34.4|change=+3.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Md. Abul Kasem Sarker|votes=35,414|percentage=19.9|change=+7.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Md. Abdul Hai Sarker|votes=12,736|percentage=7.1|change=-12.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Oikya Jote|candidate=Md. Abdul Latif Miah|votes=1,005|percentage=0.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Saifuddaula Sabu

|votes = 476

|percentage = 0.3

|change = -0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Gano Forum|candidate=Abdul Haque Khan|votes=263|percentage=0.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=5,635|percentage=3.2|change=-1.6}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=178,285|percentage=84.2|change=+11.3}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Natore-4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Abdul Quddus|votes=54,860|percentage=35.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Mozammel Haque|votes=47,566|percentage=31.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Md. Abdul Hai Sarker|votes=29,249|percentage=19.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Md. Abul Kasem Sarker|votes=19,452|percentage=12.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Md. Saifuddaula Sabu

|votes = 876

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|candidate=Abu Ahsan|votes=603|percentage=0.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Freedom Party|candidate=Md. Meher Ali Biswas|votes=406|percentage=0.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|candidate=M. A. Khalekh|votes=339|percentage=0.2|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,294|percentage=4.8|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=153,351|percentage=72.9|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Natore-4 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Natore-4&d=rajshahi |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

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