Chittagong-15

Chittagong-15 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains Vacant.

Chittagong-15
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	458,411 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Council area	Satkania Upazila Lohagara Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-14 (Constituency 291)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-16 (Constituency 293)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Lohagara Upazila and all but six union parishads of Satkania Upazila: Bazlia, Dharmapur, Kalais, Keochia, Khagaria, and Puranagar.^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 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 Chittagong-15 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-14. Previously Chittagong-15 encompassed Banshkhali Upazila.^[2][3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shah-e-Jahan Chowdhury	Awami League[4]
	1979	Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
	1986	Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[6][7]
	1991	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury	Awami League
	1996	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin	Awami League
	2024	Abdul Motaleb	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-15^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abu Reza Mohammad Nejamuddin	101,866	95.8	+48.3
	BNF	Joynal Abedin Quaderi	4,448	4.2	N/A
Majority			97,418	91.6	+87.4
Turnout			106,314	31.6	−54.1
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-15^[10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	99,896	51.7	−10.8
	AL	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhary	91,870	47.5	+12.6
	BIF	Mohammed Azizur Rahman Aziz	1,133	0.6	N/A
	Gano Forum	Ranjit Kumar Sikdar	415	0.2	N/A
Majority			8,026	4.2	−23.4
Turnout			193,314	85.7	+13.0
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Chittagong-15^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	100,856	62.5	+24.5
	AL	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury	56,314	34.9	+6.4
	IJOF	Aminur Rashid Chowdhury	3,516	2.2	N/A
	Liberal Party Bangladesh	Mohiuddin Hiru	357	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Saifuddin Ahmed	213	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Syed Mujibar Rahman Quayes	66	0.0	N/A
Majority			44,542	27.6	+18.1
Turnout			161,322	72.7	+5.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-15^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	45,392	38.0	+27.9
	AL	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury	34,076	28.5	−3.7
	JP(E)	Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury	18,624	15.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Muminul Haque Chowdhury	18,070	15.1	N/A
	IOJ	Izharul Islam Chowdhury	2,048	1.7	N/A
	BIF	Abdur Rahman	848	0.7	N/A
	Zaker Party	Nurul Haque	517	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,316	9.5	+8.8
Turnout			119,575	67.7	+19.3
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Chittagong-15^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury	29,704	32.2
	Independent	Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury	29,078	31.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mominul Haq	21,271	23.0
	BNP	Abu Saleh Chowdhury	9,308	10.1
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Kamal Uddin	1,295	1.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mokhter Ahmed	1,072	1.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Mujubur Rahman	303	0.3
	BAKSAL	Kh. Md. Somi Uddin	288	0.3
Majority			626	0.7
Turnout			92,319	48.4
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. চট্টগ্রাম-১৫ কেন্দ্র সংক্রান্ত গেজেট (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Election Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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10. "Parisankhyana pratibedana 9ma jatiya sangsad nirbacana" পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). p. 322.
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13. "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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