Chittagong-7

Chittagong-7
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	269,332 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Rangunia Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-6 (Constituency 283)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-8 (Constituency 285)

Chittagong-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip. ^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[4]

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. Prior to that, Chittagong-7 had encompassed all but one union parishad (Sreepur Kharandwip) of Boalkhali Upazila, and Chittagong City Corporation wards 3 through 7. ^{[2] [5]}

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)   BML   CPB   JSD

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. A. Manan	Awami League [6]
	1979	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	Bangladesh Muslim League [7]
	1986	Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury	Jatiya Party [8]
	1988	Nazrul Islam	Jatiya Party [9]
	1991	Md. Yusuf	Communist Party of Bangladesh
	Feb 1996	Nurul Alam	Independent
	Jun 1996	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001
	2008	Muhammad Hasan Mahmud	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Muhammad Hasan Mahmud	Awami League
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-7 ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSD	Moin Uddin Khan Badal	150,648	51.7	N/A
	BNP	Ershad Ullah	133,466	45.8	−3.2
	Independent	Mahabubul Alam	3,789	1.3	N/A
	BIF	Abul Mansur	2,491	0.9	N/A
	IAB	Md. Abdur Rahim Molla	655	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	AAM Haider Ali Chowdhury	115	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Islam	103	0.0	N/A
Majority			17,182	5.9	−1.5
Turnout			291,267	77.4	+4.8
	JSD gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-7 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	65,116	49.0	+7.3
	AL	Mohammad Sadek Chowdhury	55,267	41.6	+4.7
	Independent	Md. Nurul Alam Talung	11,830	8.9	−6.0
	CPB	Pramod Baran Barua	403	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Kazi Md. Yusuf	201	0.2	N/A
Majority			9,849	7.4	+2.6
Turnout			132,817	72.6	+3.2
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-7 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	39,296	41.7	+17.3
	AL	Mohammad Sadek Chowdhury	34,754	36.9	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Alam	14,086	14.9	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Amiruzzaman	3,709	3.9	N/A
	BIF	Qazi Mohammad Musa Naymi	1,421	1.5	−0.1
	JP(E)	Md. Nazrul Islam	893	0.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	M. A. Haider Chowdhury	112	0.1	0.0
Majority			4,542	4.8	−3.3
Turnout			94,271	69.4	+15.4
	AL gain from CPB

General Election 1991: Chittagong-7 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPB	Md. Yusuf	34,615	40.3
	NDP	Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury	27,640	32.2
	BNP	Md. Nurul Alam	20,991	24.4
	BIF	Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury	1,385	1.6
	Independent	Babu Sontos Bhuson Das	615	0.7
	Independent	Sadekun Nur C	386	0.4
	Zaker Party	M. A. Haider Chowdhury	106	0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. Kader Chowdhury	99	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Alamgir Chowdhury	86	0.1
Majority			6,975	8.1
Turnout			85,923	54.0
	CPB gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Chattogram-7". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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3. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
5. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
11. পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election](PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). pp. 300, 322.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "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.

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