Khagrachhari (Jatiya Sangsad constituency)

Khagrachhari
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictKhagrachhari District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate547,064 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1984
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentWadud Bhuiyan

Khagrachhari is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Wadud Bhuiyan is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of the Khagrachhari Hill District, integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1986 AKM Alim Ullah Jatiya Party (Ershad)
1991 Kalparanjan Chakma Bangladesh Awami League
Feb 1996 Wadud Bhuiyan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Kalparanjan Chakma Bangladesh Awami League
2001 Wadud Bhuiyan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Jotindra Lal Tripura Bangladesh Awami League
2014 Kujendra Lal Tripura
2018
2024
2026 Wadud Bhuiyan Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Khagrachhari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Wadud Bhuiyan 151,040 45.67 +30.98
Independent Dharmajyoti Chakma 68,315 20.66 N/A
Jamaat Md. Eyakub Ali 58,445 17.68 N/A
Independent Samiran Dewan 52,879 15.99 N/A
Majority 82,725 25.02 −25.66
Turnout 330,679 60.59 −18.42
Registered electors 545,688
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Khagrachhari[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Kujendra Lal Tripura 236,156 67.66 N/A
Independent Nutan Kumar Chakma 59,257 16.98 N/A
BNP Shahidul Islam Bhuiyan 51,266 14.69 N/A
JP(E) Solaiman Alam Seth 2,340 0.67 N/A
Majority 176,899 50.68
Turnout 349,019 79.01
Registered electors 441,843
AL hold

References

  1. ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  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. ^ "Khagrachhari". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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