Bangladesh · electoral area 116

Patuakhali-4

Parliamentary election results for 1991, 1996 and 2001, with candidate votes and constituency totals.

Historical data. These results describe past elections, not current officeholders. The 2001 totals have been compared with the Bangladesh Election Commission’s report; independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

1991 election

12 candidates

Candidate results for Patuakhali-4 in 1991
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Anwarul Islam	Bangladesh Awami League	32,707	42.26
2	Jahangir Hossain Akond	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	21,837	28.21
3	Hazi ershad Ullah	Islami Oikya Jote	12,118	15.66
4	A Razzak Khan	Jatiya Party	8,331	10.76
5	A Rob Miah	Jaker Party	666	0.86
6	Hazi Moazzem Hossain	Freedom Party	419	0.54
7	Mufti Salahuddin	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Rob)	374	0.48
8	Syed Md. Abul Hashem	Independent	371	0.48
9	Maulan A K M Nurul Islam	Bangladesh Khelafot Andolon	241	0.31
10	Sihab Parvez Biswas	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Shajahan Siraj))	120	0.16
11	Maulana A Matin	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	119	0.15
12	Md. Shamim Miah	Bangladesh Communist party	95	0.12

Valid votes: 77,398
Invalid votes: Not recorded
Votes cast: Not recorded
Total voters: 155,938

1996 election

7 candidates

Candidate results for Patuakhali-4 in 1996
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Md. Anowar-ul-Islam	Bangladesh Awami League	31,092	34.75
2	Mostafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	23,348	26.09
3	Abdul Khaleq Advocate	Independent	13,487	15.07
4	Md. Abdul Razzak Khan	Jatiya Party	10,844	12.12
5	Md. Baharul Alam	Islami Oikya Jote	8,494	9.49
6	Md. A. Khaleq Faruki	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	1,876	2.1
7	Syed Abdul Goni Advocate	Jaker Party	343	0.38

Valid votes: 89,484
Invalid votes: 700
Votes cast: 90,184
Total voters: 127,458

2001 election

6 candidates

Candidate results for Patuakhali-4 in 2001
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Alhaj Md. Mahbubur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League	51,940	38.8
2	Mostafizur Rahman	Independent (Clock)	38,098	28.46
3	Md. Atikur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party & Alliance	33,415	24.96
4	Md. Abdur Razzak Khan	Islami Jatiyo Oikya Front	10,279	7.68
5	Md. Anowar Ul Islam	Independent (Spectacles)	73	0.05
6	Md. Nazrul Islam	Jatiya Party (Monju)	50	0.04

Valid votes: 133,855
Invalid votes: 866
Votes cast: 134,721
Total voters: 192,452

Verification

The four 2001 vote totals match the Bangladesh Election Commission’s 2001 statistical report. The first-ranked candidate’s vote count was also checked. Independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

Some vote totals are unavailable for this constituency; they appear as “Not recorded.”