Chittagong-1

Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	315,016 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Mirsharai Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Lakshmipur-4 (Constituency 277)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-2 (Constituency 279)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh which was held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League[4]
	1979	Obaidul Huq Khandaker	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
	1986	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League[6]
	1988	Abu Salek	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996	Obaidul Huq Khandaker	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Sep 1996 by-election	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2001	Mohamamd Ali Jinnah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2014	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2018	Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2024	Mahboob Rahman	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mosharraf Hossain was re-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: Chittagong-1^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	105,339	52.4	+4.4
	BNP	ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury	94,665	47.1	−3.6
	Independent	Abu Salek	441	0.2	0.0
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Yousuf	399	0.2	N/A
	BSD	Safiul Alam	250	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,674	5.3	+2.7
Turnout			201,094	85.5	+9.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohamamd Ali Jinnah	86,839	50.7	+24.7
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	82,333	48.0	−24.9
	IJOF	Ali Ashraf Chowdhury	921	0.5	N/A
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	307	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Abu Salek	294	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	M. A. Aziz	226	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Md. Kefayet Hossain	138	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Nur Uddin Ahmed	111	0.1	−0.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Ibrahim Iqbal	62	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Absar	51	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan	45	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury	24	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,506	2.6	−44.3
Turnout			171,351	76.2	+9.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.^[12] Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.^[13]

Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	83,600	72.9	+27.8
	BNP	Mohamamd Ali Jinnah	29,786	26.0	−22.2
	JP(E)	Ali Ashraf Chowdhury	895	0.8	−0.9
	Independent	Nur Uddin Ahmed	306	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed	153	0.1	N/A
Majority			53,814	46.9	+43.8
Turnout			114,740	66.4	−12.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	66,336	48.2	−4.2
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	62,043	45.1	+7.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Badrul Alam	6,102	4.4	−3.9
	JP(E)	Ali Asfraf Chowdhury	2,382	1.7	N/A
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	511	0.4	−0.8
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	M. A. Aziz	199	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mohammad Nurul Gani	129	0.1	0.0
Majority			4,293	3.1	−11.7
Turnout			137,702	78.5	+18.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohamamd Ali Jinnah	66,969	52.4
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	48,030	37.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shamsuddin	10,605	8.3
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	1,552	1.2
	Independent	Ridwanul Bari	228	0.2
	Zaker Party	Mirza Md. Nurul Haq	183	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abdul Manan	161	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury	82	0.1
Majority			18,939	14.8
Turnout			127,810	60.0
	BNP gain from

References

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4. Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Chittagong-1". Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age (Bangladesh). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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11. "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.
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External links

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

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