Chittagong-14

Chittagong-14 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains Vacant.

Chittagong-14
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	249,043 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Satkania Upazila Chandanaish Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-13 (Constituency 290)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-15 (Constituency 292)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chandanaish Upazila and six union parishads of Satkania Upazila: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar.^[2]

History

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

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 altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-14 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-13. Previously Chittagong-14 encompassed Lohagara and all but seven union parishads of Satkania: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.^[5][2][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. Siddique	Awami League[7]
	1979	Mostaq Ahmed Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
	1986	Ibrahim Bin Khalil	Awami League[9][10]
	1991	Shajahan Chowdhury	Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Oli Ahmad	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001	Shajahan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Shamsul Islam	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2014	Nazrul Islam Chowdhury	Awami League
	2018	Nazrul Islam Chowdhury	Awami League
	2024	Nazrul Islam Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Nazrul Islam Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Nazrul Islam Chowdhury defeated Colonel Oli Ahmed with a margin of 1,68,000 votes in the 2018 general election^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-14^[5][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shamsul Islam	120,339	51.1	+3.2
	LDP	Oli Ahmad	63,412	26.9	N/A
	AL	AKM Sirajul Islam Chowdury	49,472	21.0	−1.2
	Independent	Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury	924	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abdul Chowdhury	893	0.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Anamul Haque Chowdhury	393	0.2	N/A
Majority			56,927	24.2	+5.4
Turnout			235,433	86.9	+12.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami hold

General Election 2001: Chittagong-14^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shajahan Chowdhury	105,773	47.9	+21.1
	BNP	Oli Ahmad	64,184	29.1	−19.1
	AL	Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury	48,932	22.2	−0.3
	IJOF	Ibrahim Bin Khalil	1,206	0.6	N/A
	CPB	Apurba Charan Das	458	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Syed Mostafa Jamal	338	0.2	N/A
Majority			41,589	18.8	−2.8
Turnout			220,891	74.6	+4.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-14^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Oli Ahmad	75,855	48.2	+25.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shajahan Chowdhury	41,860	26.6	−3.3
	AL	Md.Mainuddin Hasan Chowdhury	35,432	22.5	−7.4
	IOJ	Abdul Halim Bokhari	2,056	1.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Ibrahim Bin Khalil	1,208	0.8	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	Khondaker Fokhre Alam	761	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mohammad Shahedul Alam Chowdhury	183	0.1	N/A
Majority			33,995	21.6	+5.3
Turnout			157,355	70.5	21.0
	BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 1991: Chittagong-14^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shajahan Chowdhury	62,897	46.2
	AL	Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu	40,659	29.9
	BNP	Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury	31,145	22.9
	BAKSAL	Mahfuzur Rahman Chowdhury	1,449	1.1
Majority			22,238	16.3
Turnout			136,150	49.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

References

1. "Chattogram-14". 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. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
7. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
11. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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