Chittagong-16
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Banshkhali Upazila.
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. The 2008 redistricting added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16. 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).
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury | Awami League | |
1979 | Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Mostafa Kamal Pasha | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2014 | Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury | Awami League |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Mostafa Kamal Pasha | 62,397 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Mahfuzur Rahman | 33,544 | 28.7 | N/A | |
AL | Jamal Uddin Chowdhury | 20,245 | 17.3 | N/A | |
IAB | Didarul Maola | 565 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 28,853 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 116,751 | 76.3 | N/A | ||
BNP win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Chattogram-16". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Chittagong-16". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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