Chittagong-16

Chattogram-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-16
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	303,123 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2008
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Banshkhali Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-15 (Constituency 292)
Next Constituency	Cox's Bazar-1 (Constituency 294)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Banshkhali Upazila.^[2]

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.^[3] The 2008 redistricting added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16.^[4] 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).^[5][6]

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.^[6][2]

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

General Election 2014: Chittagong-16^[7]

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

General Election 2008: Chittagong-16^[6][8][9]

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

1. "Chattogram-16". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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. "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
6. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Chittagong-16". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 July 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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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