# Sylhet-4

Sylhet-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Companiganj, Gowainghat, and Jaintiapur upazilas.

## 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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1973 | A. H. M. Abdul Hai | Awami League |
| | 1979 | Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Major Boundary Changes ||||
| | 1986 | Imran Ahmad | Awami League |
| | 1988 | Abdul Hannan | |
| | 1991 | Imran Ahmad | Awami League |
| | Feb 1996 | Saifur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| | Jun 1996 | Saifur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| | Sep 1996 by-election | Imran Ahmad | Awami League |
| | 2001 | Dildar Hossain Selim | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| | 2008 | Imran Ahmad | Awami League |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sylhet-4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Imran Ahmad | 63,323 | 72.3 | +13.2 |
| | Independent | Mohammad Faruk Ahmed | 24,274 | 27.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,049 | 44.6 | +25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,597 | 26.8 | −59.2 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sylhet-4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Imran Ahmad | 144,198 | 59.1 | +24.5 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Dildar Hossain Selim | 98,545 | 40.4 | N/A |
| | Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Mohammad Helal Uddin | 1,252 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,653 | 18.7 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 243,995 | 86.0 | +15.4 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 2001: Sylhet-4 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,716 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,691 | 70.6 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | 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.
General Election June 1996: Sylhet-4 :
| Party | 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-e-Islami | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,221 | 1.3 | −14.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,928 | 61.9 | +26.9 |
| | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL | BNP gain from AL |
General Election 1991: Sylhet-4 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,510 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,831 | 35.0 | |
| | AL gain from | AL gain from | AL gain from | AL gain from | AL gain from |