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Coordinates: 22°02′N 91°57′E / 22.03°N 91.95°E / 22.03; 91.95
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Chittagong-16
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate303,123 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury

Chittagong-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Banshkhali Upazila.[2]

History

The constituency was created when, 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 added a new seat to Chittagong District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16.[4] The seat for Sandwip Upazila was renumbered from Chittagong-3 to Chittagong-16, and seats 2 through 7 were shuffled around so that the three metropolitan seats (Chittagong-8, 9, and 10) could be split into four (Chittagong-7, 8, 9, and 10).[5][6]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 back 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-16 covers the area covered in 2008 by Chittagong-15.[6][2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1973 Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 1979 Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 2008 Mostafa Kamal Pasha Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 2014 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-16[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury 147,855 95.6 +78.3
Jatiya Party (M) AAM Haider Ali Chowdhury 6,848 4.4 N/A
Majority 141,007 91.1 +66.4
Turnout 154,703 57.6 −18.7
AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-16[6][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mostafa Kamal Pasha 62,397 53.4 N/A
Independent Mahfuzur Rahman 33,544 28.7 N/A
AL Jamal Uddin Chowdhury 20,245 17.3 N/A
IAB Didarul Maola 565 0.5 N/A
Majority 28,853 24.7 N/A
Turnout 116,751 76.3 N/A
BNP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Chattogram-16". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Chittagong-16". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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