Pabna-4

Pabna-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Galibur Rahman Sharif of the Awami League.

Pabna-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Pabna District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	362,483 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 70 Pabna-3 72 Pabna-5 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Atgharia and Ishwardi upazilas.^[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Dabir Uddin Ahmed	Awami League[4]
	1979	Abdul Latif Mirza	JaSaD[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Panjab Ali Biswas	JaSaD (Rab)[6]
	1988	Manjur Rahman Biswas	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Sirajul Islam Sarder	BNP
	1996	Shamsur Rahman Sherif	Awami League
	2020 by-election	Nuruzzaman Biswas
	2024	Galibur Rahman Sherif

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shamsur Rahman Sherif was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-4^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsur Rahman Sherif	147,334	58.0	+19.7
	BNP	Sirajul Islam Sardar	104,901	41.3	+11.8
	IAB	Abdul Jalil	1,092	0.4	N/A
	National People's Party	Soleman Pramanik	413	0.2	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Ataul Hassan	184	0.1	N/A
Majority			42,433	16.7	+7.9
Turnout			253,924	91.6	+8.5
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Pabna-4^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsur Rahman Sherif	85,311	38.3	−2.1
	BNP	Sirajul Islam Sarder	65,721	29.5	−4.6
	Independent	Habibur Rahman Habib	63,616	28.6	N/A
	IJOF	Panjab Ali Biswas	7,683	3.4	N/A
	CPB	Jashim Uddin Mondal	244	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jahid Akter Jamil	103	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abdus Sattar Md. Shariful Islam Raja	65	0.0	N/A
Majority			19,590	8.8	+2.4
Turnout			222,743	83.1	+0.3
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Pabna-4^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsur Rahman Sherif	66,424	40.4	+11.9
	BNP	Sirajul Islam Sarder	55,944	34.1	+0.6
	JI	Nasir Uddin	35,596	21.7	−4.4
	JP(E)	Md. Anwar Hossain	5,022	3.1	+1.7
	Zaker Party	Abdul Gaffar	797	0.5	−1.0
	Gano Forum	Md. Azizol Haque	228	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Habibur Rahman Habib	204	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,480	6.4	+1.5
Turnout			164,215	82.8	+14.0
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Pabna-4^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sirajul Islam Sarder	48,058	33.5
	AL	Md. Habibur Rahman	40,970	28.5
	JI	Nasir Uddin	37,562	26.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Panjab Ali Biswas	12,322	8.6
	Zaker Party	Md. A. Gaffar	2,169	1.5
	JP(E)	Manjur Rahman Biswas	1,979	1.4
	Independent	Md. Jamal Uddin	205	0.1
	JSD	Lutfor Rahman Kham	203	0.1
	CPB	Md. Jasim Uddin Mondol	102	0.1
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Abul Kashem Bishwas	73	0.1
Majority			7,088	4.9
Turnout			143,643	68.8
	BNP gain from JP(E)