Chittagong-1
{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}
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|district = Chittagong District
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|year = 1973
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Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024,
the constituency is Vacant.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh which was held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 1973 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
| 1979 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 1986 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" |
| 1988 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
| 1991 | rowspan="2" | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| Sep 1996 by-election | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
| 2001 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 2008 | rowspan="3" | Mosharraf Hossain | rowspan="4" | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 2014 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 2018 | ||
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| 2024 |
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.
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Chittagong-1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Mosharraf Hossain
|votes = 105,339
|percentage = 52.4
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury
|votes = 94,665
|percentage = 47.1
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Abu Salek
|votes = 441
|percentage = 0.2
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party
|candidate = Md. Yousuf
|votes = 399
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh
|candidate = Safiul Alam
|votes = 250
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,674
|percentage = 5.3
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 201,094
|percentage = 85.5
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Awami League
|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Chittagong-1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Mohamamd Ali Jinnah|votes=86,839|percentage=50.7|change=+24.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Mosharraf Hossain|votes=82,333|percentage=48.0|change=-24.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Jatiya Oikya Front|candidate=Ali Ashraf Chowdhury|votes=921|percentage=0.5|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)|candidate=Dilip Barua|votes=307|percentage=0.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abu Salek|votes=294|percentage=0.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)
|candidate = M. A. Aziz
|votes = 226
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bangladesh Progressive Party
|candidate = Md. Kefayet Hossain
|votes = 138
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Nur Uddin Ahmed|votes=111|percentage=0.1|change=-0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Manju)|candidate=Ibrahim Iqbal|votes=62|percentage=0.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Md. Nurul Absar|votes=51|percentage=0.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan|votes=45|percentage=0.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury|votes=24|percentage=0.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,506|percentage=2.6|change=-44.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=171,351|percentage=76.2|change=+9.8}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|loser = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 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. Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.
{{Election box begin | title=Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Mosharraf Hossain
|votes = 83,600
|percentage = 72.9
|change = +27.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = Mohamamd Ali Jinnah
|votes = 29,786
|percentage = 26.0
|change = -22.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
|candidate = Ali Ashraf Chowdhury
|votes = 895
|percentage = 0.8
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nur Uddin Ahmed
|votes = 306
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed
|votes = 153
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 53,814
|percentage = 46.9
|change = +43.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 114,740
|percentage = 66.4
|change = -12.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Awami League
|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Chittagong-1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = Khaleda Zia
|votes = 66,336
|percentage = 48.2
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|candidate = Mosharraf Hossain
|votes = 62,043
|percentage = 45.1
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
|candidate = Md. Badrul Alam
|votes = 6,102
|percentage = 4.4
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
|candidate = Ali Asfraf Chowdhury
|votes = 2,382
|percentage = 1.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)
|candidate = Dilip Barua
|votes = 511
|percentage = 0.4
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)
|candidate = M. A. Aziz
|votes = 199
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Zaker Party
|candidate = Mohammad Nurul Gani
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.1
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,293
|percentage = 3.1
|change = -11.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 137,702
|percentage = 78.5
|change = +18.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Chittagong-1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Mohamamd Ali Jinnah|votes=66,969|percentage=52.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Mosharraf Hossain|votes=48,030|percentage=37.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Shamsuddin|votes=10,605|percentage=8.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)|candidate=Dilip Barua|votes=1,552|percentage=1.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ridwanul Bari|votes=228|percentage=0.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Zaker Party
|candidate = Mirza Md. Nurul Haq
|votes = 183
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|candidate=Abdul Manan|votes=161|percentage=0.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)
|candidate = Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury
|votes = 82
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=18,939|percentage=14.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=127,810|percentage=60.0|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|loser =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age (Bangladesh) |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}
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