Lakshmipur-4

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

Lakshmipur-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Lakshmipur District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	310,842 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 276 Lakshmipur-3 278 Chittagong-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kamalnagar Upazila and Ramgati Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Noakhali constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	Jatiya Party[4]
	1988	Mosharraf Hossain	Combined Opposition[5]
	1991	Abdur Rab Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	JaSaD (Rab)
	2001	A. B. M. Ashraf Uddin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Mohammad Abdullah	Awami League
	2018	Abdul Mannan	Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh[1]
	2024	Mohammad Abdullah	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Lakshmipur-4^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Abdullah	105,585	92.3	+59.6
	Independent	Azad Uddin Chowdhury	7,828	6.8	N/A
	Independent	AKM Sharif Uddin	776	0.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Belal Hossain	234	0.2	N/A
Majority			97,757	85.4	+79.7
Turnout			114,419	42.9	−34.5
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Lakshmipur-4^[2][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. B. M. Ashraf Uddin	68,549	38.3	+2.7
	AL	Abdur Rab Chowdhury	58,427	32.7	+2.9
	BDB	Abdul Mannan	27,713	15.5	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	21,894	12.2	N/A
	IAB	Khalad Shaifullah	1,507	0.8	N/A
	BJP	Abdur Razzak Chowdhury	677	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,122	5.7	+3.7
Turnout			178,767	77.4	+23.6
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Lakshmipur-4^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A. B. M. Ashraf Uddin	45,977	35.6	−1.0
	JSD	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	43,453	33.7	N/A
	AL	Abdur Rab Chowdhury	38,464	29.8	+15.7
	Independent	Md. Abul Kalam	407	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Abdul Hadi	351	0.3	−0.1
	Independent	Azad Uddin Chowdhury	199	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Abdur Razzak Chowdhury	132	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,524	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			128,983	53.8	−7.9
	BNP gain from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Lakshmipur-4^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	37,282	38.9	+6.1
	BNP	Abdur Rab Chowdhury	35,031	36.6	+3.5
	AL	Abdul Wahed	13,465	14.1	−0.1
	JI	Redowan Ullah Shahidi	8,575	9.0	−7.5
	IOJ	Mufti Mohammad Idris	577	0.6	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Abdul Hadi	414	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abdul Matin Faruki	406	0.4	−1.0
Majority			2,251	2.4	+2.1
Turnout			95,750	61.7	+21.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Lakshmipur-4^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdur Rab Chowdhury	25,884	33.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. S. M. Abdur Rab	25,631	32.8
	JI	Redowan Ullah Shahidi	12,894	16.5
	AL	M. Sirazul Islam	11,069	14.2
	Zaker Party	Abul Khaer	1,083	1.4
	BML	Md. Zamir Ali	1,067	1.4
	JSD (S)	Abdur Razzak Chowdhury	209	0.3
	BAKSAL	Harunur Rashid	190	0.2
	Independent	A B M Hamid Uddin Ferdaus	189	0.2
Majority			253	0.3
Turnout			78,216	40.5
	BNP gain from