Chittagong-6

Chittagong-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Chittagong-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate270,760 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Raozan Upazila.[2]

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.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

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-6 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-5. Previously Chittagong-6 encompassed Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip.[5][2][6]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mohammad Khaled Awami League[7]
1979 A. M. Zahiruddin Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
1986 Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury Awami League[9]
1988 Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu Jatiya Party[10]
1991 Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)
Feb 1996 Golam Akbar Khandaker Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury Awami League
2008 Muhammad Hasan Mahmud Awami League
2014 A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Chittagong-6[5][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Muhammad Hasan Mahmud 101,340 58.4 +6.3
BNP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury 72,073 41.6 -5.4
Majority 29,267 16.9 +11.8
Turnout 173,413 87.4 +17.8
Awami League hold
General Election 2001: Chittagong-6[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury 74,669 52.1 +14.4
BNP Gias Uddin Kader Chowdhury 67,340 47.0 -5.4
IJOF Salamat Ali 1,389 1.0 N/A
Majority 7,329 5.1 -9.6
Turnout 143,398 69.6 +2.9
Awami League gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Chittagong-6[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Gias Uddin Kader Chowdhury 50,059 52.4 +51.0
Awami League A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury 35,993 37.7 +2.0
JP(E) Zia Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury 6,400 6.7 -0.7
BIF Abu Nasar Talukdar 1,519 1.6 +0.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Jamal Hossain 1,504 1.6 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Yaqul Chowdhury 122 0.1 0.0
Majority 14,066 14.7 -3.7
Turnout 95,597 66.7 +19.2
BNP gain from NDP
General Election 1991: Chittagong-6[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury 48,646 54.0
Awami League Abdullah Al Harun 32,105 35.7
JP(E) Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu 6,655 7.4
BNP Hasan Chowdhury 1,296 1.4
BIF Nasir Uddin 853 0.9
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) A. F. M. Hasan 199 0.2
JSD (R) Nurul Azim 137 0.2
Zaker Party Md. Yakub Chowdhury 128 0.1
Majority 16,541 18.4
Turnout 90,019 47.5
NDP gain from Jatiya Party (Ershad)

References
  1. "Chattogram-6". 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. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  7. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. Zakaria, Mohammad (14 December 2013). "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. "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.


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