Chittagong-16

Chittagong-16
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate404,559 (2026)
Current constituency
Created2008
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Member of ParliamentMuhammad Jahirul Islam

Chattogram-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of Banshkhali Upazila, integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]

History

The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[2] The 2008 redistricting added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16.[3] The seat for Sandwip Upazila was renumbered from Chittagong-3 to Chittagong-16, and seats 2 through 7 were shuffled around so that the three metropolitan seats (Chittagong-8, 9, and 10) could be split into four (Chittagong-7, 8, 9, and 10).[4][5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chattogram-16 back to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chattogram-16 covers the area covered in 2008 by Chittagong-15.[5][1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League
1979 Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Jafrul Islam Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League
2018
2024 Mujibur Rahman Independent
2026 Muhammad Jahirul Islam Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat Muhammad Jahirul Islam 93,167 39.51 New
BNP Miskatul Islam Chowdhury 83,105 35.24 +23.28
Independent Mohammed Liaquat Ali 55,492 23.53 New
IAB Haez Rufiullah 4,054 1.72 New
Majority 10,062 4.27 −63.33
Turnout 236,510 57.51 −15.20
Registered electors 411,274
Jamaat gain from Independent

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury 1,75,341 79.56% N/A
BNP Jafrul Islam Chowdhury 26,370 11.96% N/A
JP(E) Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury 18,629 8.46% N/A
Majority 1,48,971 67.60%
Turnout 2,20,340 72.71%
Registered electors 3,03,123
AL hold
General Election 2014: Chittagong-16[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury 147,855 95.6 +78.3
Jatiya Party (M) AAM Haider Ali Chowdhury 6,848 4.4 N/A
Majority 141,007 91.1 +66.4
Turnout 154,703 57.6 −18.7
AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-16[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Jafrul Islam Chowdhury 99,896 51.7 −10.8
AL Sultanul Kabir Chowdhary 91,870 47.5 +12.6
BIF Mohammed Azizur Rahman Aziz 1,133 0.6 N/A
Gano Forum Ranjit Kumar Sikdar 415 0.2 N/A
Majority 8,026 4.2 −23.4
Turnout 193,314 85.7 +13.0
BNP hold

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  3. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Chittagong-16". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Parisankhyana pratibedana 9ma jatiya sangsad nirbacana" পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). p. 322.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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