Chittagong-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate315,016 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Awami League
Member of ParliamentMahboob Rahman
Council areaMirsharai Upazila
Prev. ConstituencyLakshmipur-4 (Constituency 277)
Next ConstituencyChittagong-2 (Constituency 279)

Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mahboob Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mosharraf Hossain Awami League[4]
1979 Obaidul Huq Khandaker Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
1986 Mosharraf Hossain Bangladesh Awami League[6]
1988 Abu Salek [7]
1991 Mohamad Ali Jinnah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996 Obaidul Huq Khandaker Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Sep 1996 by-election Mosharraf Hossain Awami League
2001 Mohamamd Ali Jinnah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Mosharraf Hossain Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mosharraf Hossain 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: Chittagong-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mosharraf Hossain 105,339 52.4 +4.4
BNP ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury 94,665 47.1 -3.6
Independent Abu Salek 441 0.2 0.0
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Md. Yousuf 399 0.2 N/A
BSD Safiul Alam 250 0.1 N/A
Majority 10,674 5.3 +2.7
Turnout 201,094 85.5 +9.3
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chittagong-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mohamamd Ali Jinnah 86,839 50.7 +24.7
AL Mosharraf Hossain 82,333 48.0 -24.9
IJOF Ali Ashraf Chowdhury 921 0.5 N/A
CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 307 0.2 N/A
Independent Abu Salek 294 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) M. A. Aziz 226 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Progressive Party Md. Kefayet Hossain 138 0.1 N/A
Independent Nur Uddin Ahmed 111 0.1 -0.2
Jatiya Party (M) Ibrahim Iqbal 62 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Nurul Absar 51 0.0 N/A
Independent Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan 45 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury 24 0.0 N/A
Majority 4,506 2.6 -44.3
Turnout 171,351 76.2 +9.8
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[12] Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[13]

Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mosharraf Hossain 83,600 72.9 +27.8
BNP Mohamamd Ali Jinnah 29,786 26.0 -22.2
JP(E) Ali Ashraf Chowdhury 895 0.8 -0.9
Independent Nur Uddin Ahmed 306 0.3 N/A
Independent Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed 153 0.1 N/A
Majority 53,814 46.9 +43.8
Turnout 114,740 66.4 -12.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election June 1996: Chittagong-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 66,336 48.2 -4.2
AL Mosharraf Hossain 62,043 45.1 +7.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Badrul Alam 6,102 4.4 -3.9
JP(E) Ali Asfraf Chowdhury 2,382 1.7 N/A
CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 511 0.4 -0.8
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) M. A. Aziz 199 0.1 N/A
Zaker Party Mohammad Nurul Gani 129 0.1 0.0
Majority 4,293 3.1 -11.7
Turnout 137,702 78.5 +18.5
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Chittagong-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mohamamd Ali Jinnah 66,969 52.4
AL Mosharraf Hossain 48,030 37.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Shamsuddin 10,605 8.3
CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 1,552 1.2
Independent Ridwanul Bari 228 0.2
Zaker Party Mirza Md. Nurul Haq 183 0.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abdul Manan 161 0.1
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury 82 0.1
Majority 18,939 14.8
Turnout 127,810 60.0
BNP gain from

References

  1. ↑ "Chattogram-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Chittagong-1". Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 299. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 306, 312. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

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