Chittagong-16

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

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

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
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Awami League
1979 Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Mostafa Kamal Pasha Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Chittagong-16[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League 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
Awami League 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
Awami League 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. "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. "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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