Chittagong-9

Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-9
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	3,90,431 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
City Council area	Chattogram City Corporation
Prev. Constituency	Chittagong-8 (Constituency 285)
Next Constituency	Chittagong-10 (Constituency 287)

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The 2008 reapportionment added one seat to Chittagong City and altered the boundaries of the three other seats in the city, including this one.^[5][6]

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-9 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-8. Previously Chittagong-9 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 11 through 14, and 24 through 26, and part of ward 8.^[2][3]

In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.^[7]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kafiluddin	Bangladesh Awami League[8]
	1979	Arif Moinuddin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[9]
	1986	Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah	Jatiya Party (Ershad)[10][11]
	1988
	1988 by-election	Harun Aur Rashid Khan
	1991	Abdullah Al Noman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	M. A. Manan	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001	Abdullah Al Noman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Md. Afsarul Ameen	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018

General Election 2018: Chittagong-9^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury	2,23,614	92.40	N/A
	BNP	Dr. Shahadat Hossain	17,642	7.29	N/A
	IAB	Md. Sheikh Amjad Hossain	742	0.31	N/A
Majority			2,05,972	85.11
Turnout			2,41,998	61.99
Registered electors			3,90,431
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 2014

General Election 2014: Chittagong-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu	79,779	91.9	+89.9
	WPB	Mohammad Abu Hanif	3,599	4.1	N/A
	BNF	Arif Moinuddin	1,762	2.0	N/A
	NAP	Ali Ahmad Najir	1,641	1.9	N/A
Majority			76,180	87.8	+84.5
Turnout			86,781	23.9	−68.5
	JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-9^[2][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Afsarul Ameen	137,106	48.6	+3.1
	BNP	Abdullah Al Noman	127,815	45.3	−8.1
	Independent	M. Monjur Alam	9,535	3.4	N/A
	JP(E)	Morshed Murad Ibrahim	5,758	2.0	N/A
	IAB	Md. Unous Molla	1,954	0.7	N/A
	BDB	Shahadat Hossain Majumder	203	0.1	N/A
Majority			9.291	3.3	−4.6
Turnout			282,371	92.4	+32.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-9^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdullah Al Noman	131,639	52.8	+10.9
	AL	M. A. Manan	111,935	44.9	−3.9
	IJOF	Syed Muhibuddin Md. Toufique	2,236	0.9	N/A
	BIF	M. A. Matin	1,230	0.5	+0.2
	Liberal Party Bangladesh	Md. Ataullah Khan	930	0.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Kazi Shahjahan	609	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Md. Rashidul Haq	185	0.1	−0.1
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Alamgir Chowdhury	183	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Aslam	180	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Nurul Islam	91	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Yakub Hossain	67	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Kazi Md. Yusuf	54	0.0	N/A
	Independent	M. A. Salam	37	0.0	N/A
Majority			19,704	7.9	+1.0
Turnout			249,376	60.3	−6.5
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-9^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	M. A. Manan	99,240	48.8	+5.0
	BNP	Abdullah Al Noman	85,171	41.9	−3.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Afsar Uddin Chowdhury	10,724	5.3	−2.3
	JP(E)	Md. Zahangir Alam	4,454	2.2	+0.9
	Gano Forum	Kafil Uddin	2,097	1.0	N/A
	BIF	Md. Abdus Shabur	606	0.3	+0.1
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Kazi Shahjahan	453	0.2	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	A. M. Abdul Goffar Khan	150	0.1	+0.1
	Zaker Party	M. A. Haider Chowdhury	138	0.1	0.0
	BKA	Mohammad Abdul Rajjak	114	0.1	+0.1
	JSD	Md. Hasan Bachchu	88	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Oli Ahmed	70	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Azam Khan	67	0.0	N/A
Majority			14,069	6.9	+5.5
Turnout			203,372	66.8	+17.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Chittagong-9^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdullah Al Noman	49,818	45.2
	AL	A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury	48,245	43.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Afsar Uddin Chowdhury	8,392	7.6
	JP(E)	Dastagir Chowdhury	1,459	1.3
	BAKSAL	Md. Sirajul Haq	850	0.8
	BIF	Nurul Absar Chowdhury	167	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	M. A. Ansari	152	0.1
	Independent	Md. Abdussalam	148	0.1
	FP	S. K. Khoda	99	0.1
	Independent	Shukhomoy Chatterjee	88	0.1
	BKA	Md. Abdur Rahim Islamabadi	84	0.1
	Zaker Party	M. A. Haider Chowdhury	61	0.1
	Independent	Afaz Ullah Khan	56	0.1
	Independent	Abdul Hai	50	0.0
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Monsur Ahmad Shofi	35	0.0
	NAP (Bhashani)	Syed Mostofa Jamal	35	0.0
	Ganatantri Party	Abdul Halim	32	0.0
Majority			1,573	1.4
Turnout			110,140	49.4
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

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

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