Sylhet-4
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Sylhet-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Ariful Haque Choudhury is the incumbent representative since February 2026.
| Sylhet-4 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Sylhet District |
| Division | Sylhet Division |
| Electorate | 382,231 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Ariful Haque Choudhury |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Companiganj, Gowainghat, and Jaintiapur upazilas, integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.[2][3]
History
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.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Imran Ahmad | 63,323 | 72.3 | +13.2 | |
| Independent | Mohammad Faruk Ahmed | 24,274 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 39,049 | 44.6 | +25.9 | ||
| Turnout | 87,597 | 26.8 | −59.2 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Imran Ahmad | 144,198 | 59.1 | +24.5 | ||
| Jamaat | Dildar Hossain Selim | 98,545 | 40.4 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Mohammad Helal Uddin | 1,252 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 45,653 | 18.7 | +8.0 | |||
| Turnout | 243,995 | 86.0 | +15.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Dildar Hossain Selim | 62,324 | 45.3 | ||
| AL | Imran Ahmad | 47,608 | 34.6 | ||
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Mohammad Ali | 19,256 | 14.0 | ||
| IJOF | Kazi Kamal Ahmad | 8,171 | 5.9 | ||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Rashid Helali | 332 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 14,716 | 10.7 | |||
| Turnout | 137,691 | 70.6 | |||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
Saifur Rahman stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election, and won two of them: Sylhet-4 and Moulvibazar-3. He chose to represent Moulvibazar-3 and quit Sylhet-4, triggering a by-election. His main opponent from the general election, Imran Ahmad, was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Saifur Rahman | 23,946 | 25.8 | −1.2 | ||
| AL | Imran Ahmad | 22,725 | 24.5 | −18.3 | ||
| Independent | Dildar Hossain Selim | 17,009 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Nurul Islam | 14,294 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) | Md. Siraj Uddin | 10,578 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
| Jamaat | Abdul Mannan | 3,095 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Golam Kader Talukdar | 557 | 0.6 | −3.1 | ||
| Independent | Md. Abdul Ahad | 359 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Muslim Uddin Bhuiyan | 218 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Monir Uddin Master | 147 | 0.2 | −24.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,221 | 1.3 | −14.5 | |||
| Turnout | 92,928 | 61.9 | +26.9 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Imran Ahmad | 23,018 | 42.8 | |||
| BNP | Nazim Kamran Choudhury | 14,508 | 27.0 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Monir Uddin Master | 13,008 | 24.2 | |||
| Zaker Party | Shafiqur Rahman | 2,016 | 3.7 | |||
| JSD | Nasir Uddin | 1,109 | 2.1 | |||
| Islami Samajtantrik Dal | Mosammat Minara Begum | 172 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 8,510 | 15.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 53,831 | 35.0 | ||||
| AL gain from | ||||||
