page_title: Chilmari Upazila
section_title: Ninth Parliament election from Kurigram-4
hierarchical_section_title: Chilmari Upazila / Administration / Ninth Parliament election from Kurigram-4
caption_attribution_description: English: Brahmaputra at sunset ব্রহ্মপুত্রে সূর্যাস্ত
context_page_description: Chilmari is an Upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
context_section_description: In the ninth parliament election (জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন)  held on 29 December 2008 a total of eight candidates, including two independent ones, are contesting but the contest will be mainly limited to three candidates: former JP MP Md. Golam Habib Dulal from JP-Ershad, Md. Jakir Hossain from AL and Md. Nur Alam Mukul from Jamaat-e Islami candidate of BNP-led four-party alliance. The Jamaat-e Islami candidate is using 'Scale' as the symbol.
  The majority voters are in the eastern  side of the Brahmaputra river. There are 1,56,822 voters in Raumari and Rajipur upazilas,  while 71,730 voters in Chilmari upazila. Of the Chilmari voters, there are about 20,000 voters in Astomir Char and Nayarhat unions under Chilmari that is situated on the eastern side of the Brahmaputra river.
  Finally Md. Jakir Hossain from AL elected MP for the 9th Parliament election, 2008 ( Kurigram-4).
caption: Sunset over the Brahmaputra River
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