Chittagong-9
Chittagong-9 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Chittagong District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 362,497 (2014)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Member(s) | Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu |
Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through 23 and 31 through 35.[2][3]
History
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.[4] The 2008 reapportionment added one seat to Chittagong City and altered the boundaries of the three other seats in the city, including this one.[5][6]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 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-9 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-8. Previously Chittagong-9 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 11 through 14, and 24 through 26, and part of ward 8.[2][3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Kafiluddin | Awami League[7] | |
1979 | Arif Moinuddin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
1986 | Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah | Jatiya Party[9][10] | |
1991 | Abdullah Al Noman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | M. A. Manan | Awami League | |
2001 | Abdullah Al Noman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Md. Afsarul Ameen | Awami League | |
2014 | Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jatiya Party (E) | Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu | 79,779 | 91.9 | +89.9 | ||
Workers Party | Mohammad Abu Hanif | 3,599 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
BNF | Arif Moinuddin | 1,762 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
NAP | Ali Ahmad Najir | 1,641 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Majority | 76,180 | 87.8 | +84.5 | |||
Turnout | 86,781 | 23.9 | -68.5 | |||
Jatiya Party (E) gain from Awami League | ||||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awami League | Md. Afsarul Ameen | 137,106 | 48.6 | +3.1 | ||
BNP | Abdullah Al Noman | 127,815 | 45.3 | -8.1 | ||
Independent | M. Monjur Alam | 9,535 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (E) | Morshed Murad Ibrahim | 5,758 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
IAB | Md. Unous Molla | 1,954 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
BDB | Shahadat Hossain Majumder | 203 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 9.291 | 3.3 | -4.6 | |||
Turnout | 282,371 | 92.4 | +32.1 | |||
Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Abdullah Al Noman | 131,639 | 52.8 | +10.9 | ||
Awami League | M. A. Manan | 111,935 | 44.9 | -3.9 | ||
IJOF | Syed Muhibuddin Md. Toufique | 2,236 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
BIF | M. A. Matin | 1,230 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal Party Bangladesh | Md. Ataullah Khan | 930 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Kazi Shahjahan | 609 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BKA | Md. Rashidul Haq | 185 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Alamgir Chowdhury | 183 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Aslam | 180 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Nurul Islam | 91 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Yakub Hossain | 67 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Kazi Md. Yusuf | 54 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | M. A. Salam | 37 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 19,704 | 7.9 | +1.0 | |||
Turnout | 249,376 | 60.3 | -6.5 | |||
BNP gain from Awami League | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awami League | M. A. Manan | 99,240 | 48.8 | +5.0 | ||
BNP | Abdullah Al Noman | 85,171 | 41.9 | -3.3 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Afsar Uddin Chowdhury | 10,724 | 5.3 | -2.3 | ||
Jatiya Party (E) | Md. Zahangir Alam | 4,454 | 2.2 | +0.9 | ||
Gano Forum | Kafil Uddin | 2,097 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
BIF | Md. Abdus Shabur | 606 | 0.3 | +0.1 | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | Kazi Shahjahan | 453 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
NAP (Bhashani) | A. M. Abdul Goffar Khan | 150 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
Zaker Party | M. A. Haider Chowdhury | 138 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
BKA | Mohammad Abdul Rajjak | 114 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
JSD | Md. Hasan Bachchu | 88 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Oli Ahmed | 70 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Azam Khan | 67 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 14,069 | 6.9 | +5.5 | |||
Turnout | 203,372 | 66.8 | +17.4 | |||
Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Abdullah Al Noman | 49,818 | 45.2 | |||
Awami League | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 48,245 | 43.8 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Afsar Uddin Chowdhury | 8,392 | 7.6 | |||
Jatiya Party (E) | Dastagir Chowdhury | 1,459 | 1.3 | |||
BAKSAL | Md. Sirajul Haq | 850 | 0.8 | |||
BIF | Nurul Absar Chowdhury | 167 | 0.2 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | M. A. Ansari | 152 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Md. Abdussalam | 148 | 0.1 | |||
FP | S. K. Khoda | 99 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Shukhomoy Chatterjee | 88 | 0.1 | |||
BKA | Md. Abdur Rahim Islamabadi | 84 | 0.1 | |||
Zaker Party | M. A. Haider Chowdhury | 61 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Afaz Ullah Khan | 56 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | Abdul Hai | 50 | 0.0 | |||
JSD (R) | Monsur Ahmad Shofi | 35 | 0.0 | |||
NAP (Bhashani) | Syed Mostofa Jamal | 35 | 0.0 | |||
Ganatantri Party | Abdul Halim | 32 | 0.0 | |||
Majority | 1,573 | 1.4 | ||||
Turnout | 110,140 | 49.4 | ||||
BNP gain from Jatiya Party (E) | ||||||
References
- 1 2 "Chittagong-9". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ↑ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ↑ Al Mahmud, Abdullah (19 December 2008). "AL, BNP to lock horns in 11 out of 16 Ctg seats". The Daily Star.
- ↑ Bangladesh Election Commission. "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Chittagong-9". Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.