Chittagong-8

Chittagong-8
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	475,996 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
City Council area	Chattogram City Corporation
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-7 (Constituency 284)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-9 (Constituency 286)

Chittagong-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chattogram City Corporation wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and all but 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 Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-8 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-7. Previously Chittagong-8 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through 23 and 31 through 35. ^{[5] [2] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League [7]
	1979	Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	1986	Mohammad Ishaq	Jatiya Party (Ershad) [9]
	1988	Liaquat Ali	Jatiya Party (Ershad) [10]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001
	2008	Nurul Islam	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Moin Uddin Khan Badal	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
	2018	Moin Uddin Khan Badal	Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal [1]
	Jan 2020 by-election	Moslem Uddin Ahmad [11]	Bangladesh Awami League
	2023 by-election	Noman Al Mahmud
	2024	Abdus Salam	Independent politician

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Moin Uddin Khan Badal was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[12]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-8 ^{[5] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurul Islam	140,411	55.6	+15.2
	BNP	Shamsul Alam	109,484	43.4	−13.3
	IAB	Mohammed Rafiqul Alam	685	0.3	N/A
	BIF	Mohammad Nurul Islam Zehadi	680	0.3	−0.3
	BSD	Md. Shafi Uddin Kabir	568	0.2	N/A
	NDP	Tapan Chakrabarti	443	0.2	N/A
	National People's Party	Anamul Hoque	115	0.0	N/A
Majority			30,927	12.3	−4.1
Turnout			252,386	79.8	+13.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-8 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury	181,584	56.7	+9.6
	AL	Md. Afsarul Amin	129,198	40.4	−2.6
	IJOF	Md. Osman Khan	3,983	1.2	N/A
	BIF	H. M. Mujibul Haq Shukkur	2,026	0.6	0.0
	Liberal Party Bangladesh	Md. Shahidul Islam Chowdhury	988	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Azad Dobhash	939	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Jane Alam	510	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Abu Taiyab	231	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Bajal Ahmmad	147	0.0	−0.1
	BKA	Muhammad Abdur Razzak	145	0.0	N/A
	Independent	A. B. M. Shahjahan Chowdhury	136	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mahbubul Alam	85	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Mofazzal Hossain Bhuiya	53	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Kamal Uddin	52	0.0	N/A
Majority			52,386	16.4	+12.3
Turnout			320,077	66.1	−4.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-8 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury	116,547	47.1
	AL	Md. Afsarul Amin	106,341	43.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abu Taher	19,803	8.0
	BIF	H. M. Majibul Haque Shukkur	1,593	0.6
	IOJ	Jashim Uddin Faruki	1,451	0.6
	Bangladesh Tafsil Federation (Sudir)	Jane Alam	688	0.3
	Independent	Abu Taiyab	367	0.1
	Zaker Party	Muhammad Azizur Rahman	244	0.1
	Independent	Bajal Ahmmad	235	0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. K. M. Golam Kabir	108	0.0
Majority			10,206	4.1
Turnout			247,377	70.4
	BNP hold

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: Bogra-7, ^[16] Dhaka-5, ^[17] Dhaka-9, ^[18] Feni-1, and Chittagong-8. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[19] Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[20]

General Election 1991: Chittagong-8 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	69,422	52.1
	AL	Ishak Miah	44,154	33.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abu Taher	13,466	10.1
	JP(E)	Liaqat	3,141	2.4
	JSD	Nuruddin Zahed	1,388	1.0
	IOJ	Jasim Uddin Faruki	765	0.6
	Zaker Party	Salim Ullah	251	0.2
	Independent	Siddqul Islam	215	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Yusuf Ali	139	0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. K. M. Golam Kabir	137	0.1
	Bangladesh Freedom Party	Nizamul Amin	70	0.1
Majority			25,268	19.0
Turnout			133,148	56.0
	BNP gain from

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External links

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