Chittagong-12

Chittagong-12
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	285,966 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Patiya Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-11 (Constituency 288)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-13 (Constituency 290)

Chittagong-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all but five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha. ^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 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 Chittagong-12 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-11. Previously Chittagong-12 encompassed Anowara Upazila and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha. ^{[2] [3]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mohammad Idris	Bangladesh Awami League [4]
	1979	Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	1986	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	Jatiya Party [6]
	1988	Mokhtar Ahmad	[7]
	1991	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	Bangladesh Awami League
	1996	Sarwar Jamal Nizam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001	Sarwar Jamal Nizam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	Bangladesh Awami League
	2013 by-election	Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Shamsul Haque Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018	Shamsul Haque Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League
	2024	Motaherul Islam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-12 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamsul Haque Chowdhury	128,214	92.6	+37.9
	JP(E)	Sirajul Islam Chowdhury	10,197	7.4	N/A
Majority			118,017	85.3	+73.4
Turnout			138,411	55.4	−32.6
	AL hold

Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu died in November 2012. ^[10] Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed of the Awami League was elected in a January 2013 by-election. ^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-12 ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	110,951	54.7	+9.3
	BNP	Sarwar Jamal Nizam	86,751	42.7	−8.2
	BIF	M. A. Matin	4,307	2.1	0.0
	Gano Forum	Uzzal Bhumik	517	0.3	N/A
	BKA	Rashidul Haq	428	0.2	N/A
Majority			24,200	11.9	+6.4
Turnout			202,954	88.0	+17.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-12 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sarwar Jamal Nizam	76,473	50.9	+3.6
	AL	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	68,187	45.4	+7.9
	BIF	Abdu Noor Chowdhury	3,081	2.1	−0.7
	IJOF	Abdus Sattar Rani	1,680	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Syed Jamal Ahmmad	229	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Hye	150	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abul Kalam Bakul	133	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Ali Ahmad Talukder	128	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Abu Taher Bangali	96	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,286	5.5	−4.3
Turnout			150,157	70.5	+0.1
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-12 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sarwar Jamal Nizam	52,792	47.3	+10.2
	AL	Ataur Rahman Khan Kaisa	41,901	37.5	−10.0
	JP(E)	Ukil Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury	8,926	8.0	+0.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sumsuddin Ahmed Mirza	4,212	3.8	+1.0
	BIF	Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury	3,084	2.8	+0.3
	NAP (Bhashani)	Nurul Haque	281	0.3	+0.1
	BKA	Rashidul Haq	212	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Chitto Sen Barua	212	0.2	−0.1
Majority			10,891	9.8	−0.6
Turnout			111,620	70.4	+22.7
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Chittagong-12 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Akhteruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	42,973	47.5
	BNP	Md. Labir	33,563	37.1
	JP(E)	Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury	6,861	7.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Hasan	2,562	2.8
	BIF	Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury	2,249	2.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Aminur Rahman	984	1.1
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Akhter Kabir	399	0.4
	Zaker Party	Amir Ahmed Khan	249	0.3
	NAP (Bhashani)	Nurul Haq	199	0.2
	Independent	A. Haq	171	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mokhter Ahmad	146	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Ali Ahmad Talukder	95	0.1
Majority			9,410	10.4
Turnout			90,451	47.7
	AL gain from

References

1. "Chattogram-12". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. "Chittagong-12". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Chittagong-12". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
10. "Akhtaruzzaman Babu MP dies". bdnews24.com. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
11. "AL's Javed wins Ctg-12 by-election". The Daily Star. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
12. "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.
13. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. "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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

22°18′N91°58′E / 22.30°N 91.97°E / 22.30; 91.97