Chittagong-8

Chittagong-8
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate554,729 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentErshad Ullah

Chittagong-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses parts of the Chattogram City Corporation, specifically Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, as well as the entirety of Boalkhali Upazila except one union parishad, Sreepur Kharandwip, integrating these areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]

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.[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-8 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-7. Previously Chittagong-8 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through 23 and 31 through 35.[4][1][5]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League[6]
1979 Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
1986 Mohammad Ishaq Jatiya Party (Ershad)

[8]

1988 Liaquat Ali Jatiya Party (Ershad)[9]
Sep 1991 by-election Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1996
2001
2008 Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
2014
2018 Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[10]
Jan 2020 by-election Moslem Uddin Ahmad[11] Bangladesh Awami League
2023 by-election Noman Al Mahmud
2024 Abdus Salam Independent
2026 Ershad Ullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

General Election 2026: Chittagong-8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ershad Ullah 150,969 57.85 +40.09
Jamaat Dr. Md. Abu Naser 52,564 20.14 +20.14
BIF Syed Muhammad Hassan 42,585 16.32 +16.32
NCP Jubairul Hasan Arif 3,349 1.28 +1.28
Majority 98,405 37.71 −26.47
Turnout 260,958 50.61 −19.35
Registered electors 515,573
BNP gain from Independent

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJSD Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal 272,883 81.94 +30.2
BNP Mohammad Abu Sufiyan 59,135 17.76 −28.0
IAB Md. Farid Khan 1,018 0.31 N/A
Majority 213,748 64.18 +58.3
Turnout 333,036 69.96 −7.4
Registered electors 475,996
BJSD gain from JSD

Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]

General Election 2008: Chittagong-8[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JSD Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal 150,648 51.7 N/A
BNP Ershad Ullah 133,466 45.8 −3.2
Independent Mahabubul Alam 3,789 1.3 N/A
BIF Abul Mansur 2,491 0.9 N/A
IAB Md. Abdur Rahim Molla 655 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) AAM Haider Ali Chowdhury 115 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Nurul Islam 103 0.0 N/A
Majority 17,182 5.9 −1.5
Turnout 291,267 77.4 +4.8
JSD gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chittagong-8[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury 181,584 56.7 +9.6
AL Muhammad Afsarul Ameen 129,198 40.4 −2.6
IJOF Md. Osman Khan 3,983 1.2 N/A
BIF H. M. Mujibul Haq Shukkur 2,026 0.6 0.0
Liberal Party Bangladesh Md. Shahidul Islam Chowdhury 988 0.3 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Azad Dobhash 939 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Jane Alam 510 0.2 N/A
Independent Abu Taiyab 231 0.1 0.0
Independent Bajal Ahmmad 147 0.0 −0.1
BKA Muhammad Abdur Razzak 145 0.0 N/A
Independent A. B. M. Shahjahan Chowdhury 136 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Mahbubul Alam 85 0.0 N/A
Independent Mofazzal Hossain Bhuiya 53 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Kamal Uddin 52 0.0 N/A
Majority 52,386 16.4 +12.3
Turnout 320,077 66.1 −4.3
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-8[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury 116,547 47.1 −5.0
AL Muhammad Afsarul Ameen 106,341 43.0 +9.8
Jamaat Md. Abu Taher 19,803 8.0 −2.1
BIF H. M. Majibul Haque Shukkur 1,593 0.6 N/A
IOJ Jashim Uddin Faruki 1,451 0.6 0.0
Independent Jane Alam 688 0.3 N/A
Independent Abu Taiyab 367 0.1 N/A
Zaker Party Muhammad Azizur Rahman 244 0.1 −0.1
Independent Bajal Ahmmad 235 0.1 N/A
NAP(B) A. K. M. Golam Kabir 108 0.0 −0.1
Majority 10,206 4.1 −14.9
Turnout 247,377 70.4 +14.4
BNP hold

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: Bogra-7,[16] Dhaka-5,[17] Dhaka-9,[18] Feni-1, and Chittagong-8. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[19] Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[20]

General Election 1991: Chittagong-8[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 69,422 52.1 N/A
AL Ishak Miah 44,154 33.2 N/A
Jamaat Md. Abu Taher 13,466 10.1 N/A
JP(E) Liaqat 3,141 2.4 N/A
JSD Nuruddin Zahed 1,388 1.0 N/A
IOJ Jasim Uddin Faruki 765 0.6 N/A
Zaker Party Salim Ullah 251 0.2 N/A
Independent Siddqul Islam 215 0.2 N/A
BSD Md. Yusuf Ali 139 0.1 N/A
NAP(B) A. K. M. Golam Kabir 137 0.1 N/A
FP Nizamul Amin 70 0.1 N/A
Majority 25,268 19.0 N/A
Turnout 133,148 56.0 N/A
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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