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Chittagong-14

Coordinates: 22°13′N 92°01′E / 22.21°N 92.01°E / 22.21; 92.01
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Chittagong-14
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate288,293 (2024)[citation needed]
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyNone
Member of ParliamentVacant

Chittagong-14 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Chandanaish Upazila and six union parishads of Satkania Upazila Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, and Puranagar integrating these areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]

History

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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.[2] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[3]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-14 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-13. Previously Chittagong-14 encompassed Lohagara and all but seven union parishads of Satkania: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.[4][1][5]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1973 M. Siddique Bangladesh Awami League[6]
1979 Mostaq Ahmed Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
1986 Ibrahim Bin Khalil Bangladesh Awami League[8][9]
1991 Shajahan Chowdhury Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Oli Ahmad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 Shajahan Chowdhury Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008 Oli Ahmad Liberal Democratic Party
2014 Nazrul Islam Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League
2018
2024

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Nazrul Islam Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Nazrul Islam Chowdhury defeated Colonel Oli Ahmed with a margin of 1,68,000 votes in the 2018 general election.[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Chittagong-14[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Oli Ahmad 82,036 45.8 N/A
AL Afsar Uddin Ahmed 61,646 34.4 −9.9
BNP Mizanul Haque Chowdhury 33,335 18.6 −35.2
BIF Shah Kholilur Rhaman 1,284 0.7 −0.5
JP(E) Mridul Guha 478 0.3 N/A
National People's Party Md. Aktaruzzaman 167 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Md. Gulam Ishak Khan 83 0.0 N/A
Majority 20,390 11.4 +1.9
Turnout 179,029 88.1 +13.6
LDP gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chittagong-14[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JI Shajahan Chowdhury 105,773 47.9 +21.1
BNP Oli Ahmad 64,184 29.1 −19.1
AL Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury 48,932 22.2 −0.3
IJOF Ibrahim Bin Khalil 1,206 0.6 N/A
CPB Apurba Charan Das 458 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Progressive Party Syed Mostafa Jamal 338 0.2 N/A
Majority 41,589 18.8 −2.8
Turnout 220,891 74.6 +4.1
JI gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Chittagong-14[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Oli Ahmad 75,855 48.2 +25.3
JI Shajahan Chowdhury 41,860 26.6 −3.3
AL Md.Mainuddin Hasan Chowdhury 35,432 22.5 −7.4
IOJ Abdul Halim Bokhari 2,056 1.3 N/A
JP(E) Ibrahim Bin Khalil 1,208 0.8 N/A
NAP (Bhashani) Khondaker Fokhre Alam 761 0.5 N/A
Zaker Party Mohammad Shahedul Alam Chowdhury 183 0.1 N/A
Majority 33,995 21.6 +5.3
Turnout 157,355 70.5 21.0
BNP gain from JI
General Election 1991: Chittagong-14[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JI Shajahan Chowdhury 62,897 46.2
AL Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu 40,659 29.9
BNP Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury 31,145 22.9
BAKSAL Mahfuzur Rahman Chowdhury 1,449 1.1
Majority 22,238 16.3
Turnout 136,150 49.5
JI gain from AL

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  3. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  4. ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  6. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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