Cox's Bazar-1

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Cox's Bazar-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Cox's Bazar District
Division Chittagong Division
Electorate390,829 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984
Parliamentary PartyNone
Member of Parliament Vacant

Cox's Bazar-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chakaria and Pekua upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 A. H. Salahuddin Mahmud Jatiya Party [5] [6]
1991 Enamul Haq Manju Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Salah Uddin Ahmed BNP
2008 Hasina Ahmed
2014 Mohammed Ellias Jatiya Party
2018 Jafar Alam Awami League [1]
2024 Syed Muhammad Ibrahim Kalyan Party [7]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mohammed Ellias was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-1 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Hasina Ahmed 156,51256.2−7.2
AL Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP121,11143.5+8.5
BSD Rafiqul Ahsan7060.3N/A
National People's PartyMohammad Iftekhar Uddin1750.1N/A
Majority35,40112.7−15.7
Turnout 278,50489.3+14.6
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Salah Uddin Ahmad 134,60263.4+17.2
AL Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP74,29735.0+2.6
IJOF Abdul Hamid1,0390.5N/A
Independent Shafiul Alam6550.3N/A
WPB Abu Md. Bashirul Alam5540.30.0
Independent Maksudul Haq Chuttu4060.2N/A
Independent Md. Shafi Ullah2410.1−0.1
Jatiya Party (M) Sohrab Hossain2040.1N/A
Independent Ziauddin1540.1N/A
Independent Fajlul Karim810.0N/A
JSD M. Ali Amir Khan Parvez600.0N/A
Independent Nurul Kader540.0N/A
Independent Bahadur Shah490.0N/A
Independent Nurul Absar420.0N/A
Majority60,30528.4+14.5
Turnout 212,43874.7+0.5
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Salah Uddin Ahmed 72,59446.2+31.2
AL Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP50,82932.4+2.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Enamul Haq Manju 27,05417.2−17.8
IOJ Md. Abdur Rahim Bakhali4,3132.7N/A
JP(E) Md. Monwar Alam1,0830.7N/A
WPB Abu Md. Bashirul Alam4230.3N/A
Independent Md. Shafi Ullah2960.2N/A
Independent Md. Rafique Ahmed2120.1N/A
Independent Md. Ibrahim Chowdhury890.1N/A
Independent Momtajul Islam690.0N/A
Independent Abul Hossain Monu640.0N/A
Majority21,76513.9+9.2
Turnout 157,02674.2+22.9
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Enamul Haq Manju 37,89335.0
AL Johirul Islam32,84930.3
National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury 20,31118.7
BNP Mahmudul Karim16,23815.0
BAKSAL S. A. K. Shamsul Huda4840.4
Jatiya Jukta FrontSelim Chowdhury3730.3
Zaker PartyMd. Ibrahim2200.2
Majority5,0444.7
Turnout 108,36851.3
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

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