Cox's Bazar-4

For other uses, see Cox's Bazar (disambiguation).

Cox's Bazar-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Cox's Bazar District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	266,146 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Shahin Akhtar
Prev. Constituency	Cox's Bazar-3 (Constituency 296)
Next Constituency	Khagrachhari (Constituency 298)

Cox's Bazar-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shahin Akhtar of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Chittagong-18 constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	AHA Gafur Chowdhury	Jatiya Party [5]
	1988	Abdul Gani	[6]
	1991	Shahjahan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Mohammad Ali	Awami League
	2001	Shahjahan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdur Rahman Bodi	Awami League
	2018	Shahin Akhtar	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Cox's Bazar-4 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Rahman Bodi	105,489	93.6	+37.2
	JP(E)	Taha Yahiya	7,233	6.4	N/A
Majority			98,256	87.2	+74.0
Turnout			112,722	48.3	-40.1
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-4 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Rahman Bodi	103,626	56.4	+21.2
	BNP	Shahjahan Chowdhury	79,310	43.2	-21.6
	Independent	Shahin Aktar	676	0.4	N/A
Majority			24,316	13.2	-16.4
Turnout			183,612	88.4	+15.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-4 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Chowdhury	89,747	64.8	+34.5
	AL	Mohammad Ali	48,735	35.2	-9.1
Majority			41,012	29.6	+15.6
Turnout			138,482	73.2	+4.0
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-4 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Ali	44,706	44.3	+0.4
	BNP	Shahjahan Chowdhury	30,594	30.3	-18.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Jalal Chowdhury	17,607	17.4	+16.9
	IOJ	Shah Abul Monzur	8,048	8.0	N/A
Majority			14,112	14.0	+9.1
Turnout			100,955	69.2	+16.2
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-4 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Chowdhury	36,872	48.7
	AL	Mohammad Ali	33,176	43.9
	Independent	H. Abdul Gani	4,130	5.5
	JP(E)	Abul Fazal Chowdhury	919	1.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Jalal Chowdhury	397	0.5
	Independent	Muhammadul Haque Chowdhury	148	0.2
Majority			3,696	4.9
Turnout			75,642	53.0
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Cox's Bazar-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Cox's Bazar-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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.
10. "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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