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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cox's Bazar-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.
Cox's Bazar-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Cox's Bazar District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 390,829 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Parliamentary Party | None |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
Council area | |
Prev. Constituency | Chittagong-16 (Constituency 293) |
Next Constituency | Cox's Bazar-2 (Constituency 295) |
The constituency encompasses Chakaria and Pekua upazilas.[2][3]
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar.[4]
Mohammed Ellias was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Hasina Ahmed | 156,512 | 56.2 | −7.2 | |
AL | Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP | 121,111 | 43.5 | +8.5 | |
BSD | Rafiqul Ahsan | 706 | 0.3 | N/A | |
National People's Party | Mohammad Iftekhar Uddin | 175 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 35,401 | 12.7 | −15.7 | ||
Turnout | 278,504 | 89.3 | +14.6 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Salah Uddin Ahmad | 134,602 | 63.4 | +17.2 | |
AL | Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP | 74,297 | 35.0 | +2.6 | |
IJOF | Abdul Hamid | 1,039 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Shafiul Alam | 655 | 0.3 | N/A | |
WPB | Abu Md. Bashirul Alam | 554 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Maksudul Haq Chuttu | 406 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Shafi Ullah | 241 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Sohrab Hossain | 204 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Ziauddin | 154 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Fajlul Karim | 81 | 0.0 | N/A | |
JSD | M. Ali Amir Khan Parvez | 60 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Nurul Kader | 54 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Bahadur Shah | 49 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Nurul Absar | 42 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 60,305 | 28.4 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 212,438 | 74.7 | +0.5 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Salah Uddin Ahmed | 72,594 | 46.2 | +31.2 | ||
AL | Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP | 50,829 | 32.4 | +2.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Enamul Haq Manju | 27,054 | 17.2 | −17.8 | ||
IOJ | Md. Abdur Rahim Bakhali | 4,313 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Md. Monwar Alam | 1,083 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
WPB | Abu Md. Bashirul Alam | 423 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Shafi Ullah | 296 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Rafique Ahmed | 212 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Ibrahim Chowdhury | 89 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Momtajul Islam | 69 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Abul Hossain Monu | 64 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 21,765 | 13.9 | +9.2 | |||
Turnout | 157,026 | 74.2 | +22.9 | |||
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jamaat-e-Islami | Enamul Haq Manju | 37,893 | 35.0 | |||
AL | Johirul Islam | 32,849 | 30.3 | |||
National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) | Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury | 20,311 | 18.7 | |||
BNP | Mahmudul Karim | 16,238 | 15.0 | |||
BAKSAL | S. A. K. Shamsul Huda | 484 | 0.4 | |||
Jatiya Jukta Front | Selim Chowdhury | 373 | 0.3 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Ibrahim | 220 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 5,044 | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 108,368 | 51.3 | ||||
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E) |
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