{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Chittagong-1 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = চট্টগ্রাম-১.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Chittagong District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Chittagong Division]] |population = |electorate = 380,102 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Nurul Amin (Chittagong politician)|Nurul Amin]] |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |local_council_label = |local_council = |next = |module = {{align|left|← [[Lakshmipur-4|277 Lakshmipur-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Chittagong-2|279 Chittagong-2]] →}} }}
'''Chittagong-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Nurul Amin (Chittagong politician)|Nurul Amin]] is the incumbent member of Parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Mirsharai Upazila]], including its main towns, villages, and surrounding rural areas, forming a single administrative and electoral unit.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh which was held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Obaidul Huq Khandaker]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Abu Salek]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |[[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Obaidul Huq Khandaker]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | Sep 1996 by-election | [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="3" | [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Mahboob Rahman Ruhel]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Nurul Amin (Chittagong politician)|Nurul Amin]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chittagong-1}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nurul Amin (Chittagong politician)|Nurul Amin]] |votes = 127,645 |percentage = 58.19 |change = +58.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Saifur Rahman |votes = 81,227 |percentage = 37.03 |change = +20.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Ferdous Ahmed Chowdhury |votes = 2,064 |percentage = 0.94 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Syed Shahadat Hossain |votes = 1,631 |percentage = 0.74 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 46,418 |percentage = 21.15 |change = -75.39 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 219,418 |percentage = 57.73 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 380,102 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Chittagong-1}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 266,666 |percentage = 98.01 |change = -2.39 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Nurul Amin |votes = 3,991 |percentage = 1.47 |change = -45.63 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Samsuddin |votes = 1,418 |percentage = 0.52 |change = +0.52 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 262,675 |percentage = 96.54 |change = +91.24 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 272,075 |percentage = 86.37 |change = +0.82 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 315,016 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}} Mosharraf Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 General Election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chittagong-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 105,339 |percentage = 52.4 |change = +4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury |votes = 94,665 |percentage = 47.1 |change = -3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Abu Salek]] |votes = 441 |percentage = 0.2 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = BKP |candidate = Md. Yousuf |votes = 399 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Safiul Alam |votes = 250 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,674 |percentage = 5.3 |change = +2.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 201,094 |percentage = 85.5 |change = +9.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Chittagong-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]]|votes=86,839|percentage=50.7|change=+24.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]]|votes=82,333|percentage=48.0|change=-24.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Jatiya Oikya Front|candidate=Ali Ashraf Chowdhury|votes=921|percentage=0.5|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)|candidate=[[Dilip Barua]]|votes=307|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Abu Salek]]|votes=294|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Muslim League |candidate = M. A. Aziz |votes = 226 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Md. Kefayet Hossain |votes = 138 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Nur Uddin Ahmed|votes=111|percentage=0.1|change=-0.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Manju)|candidate=Ibrahim Iqbal|votes=62|percentage=0.0|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Md. Nurul Absar|votes=51|percentage=0.0|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan|votes=45|percentage=0.0|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury|votes=24|percentage=0.0|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,506|percentage=2.6|change=-44.3}} {{Election box turnout||votes=171,351|percentage=76.2|change=+9.8}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: [[Bogra-6]], [[Bogra-7]], [[Feni-1]], [[Lakshmipur-2]] and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.<ref name="ec7th-299" /> Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.<ref name="ec7th" />
{{Election box begin | title=Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996<ref name="ec7th" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 83,600 |percentage = 72.9 |change = +27.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]] |votes = 29,786 |percentage = 26.0 |change = -22.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Ali Ashraf Chowdhury |votes = 895 |percentage = 0.8 |change = -0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nur Uddin Ahmed |votes = 306 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed |votes = 153 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 53,814 |percentage = 46.9 |change = +43.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 114,740 |percentage = 66.4 |change = -12.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chittagong-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Khaleda Zia]] |votes = 66,336 |percentage = 48.2 |change = -4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 62,043 |percentage = 45.1 |change = +7.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Badrul Alam |votes = 6,102 |percentage = 4.4 |change = -3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Ali Asfraf Chowdhury |votes = 2,382 |percentage = 1.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua) |candidate = [[Dilip Barua]] |votes = 511 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) |candidate = M. A. Aziz |votes = 199 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mohammad Nurul Gani |votes = 129 |percentage = 0.1 |change = 0.0 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,293 |percentage = 3.1 |change = -11.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 137,702 |percentage = 78.5 |change = +18.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chittagong-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]]|votes=66,969|percentage=52.4|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)|Mosharraf Hossain]]|votes=48,030|percentage=37.6|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Shamsuddin|votes=10,605|percentage=8.3|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)|candidate=[[Dilip Barua]]|votes=1,552|percentage=1.2|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ridwanul Bari|votes=228|percentage=0.2|change=}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mirza Md. Nurul Haq |votes = 183 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|candidate=Abdul Manan|votes=161|percentage=0.1|change=}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury |votes = 82 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority||votes=18,939|percentage=14.8|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=127,810|percentage=60.0|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
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