Chittagong-16

Chittagong-16
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	370,775 (2024)[ citation needed ]
Current constituency
Created	2008
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 292 Chittagong-15 294 Cox's Bazar-1 →

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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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. "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. "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.

External links

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

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