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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Chittagong-1 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Chittagong District Division Chittagong Division Electorate 380,102 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Nurul Amin ← 277 Lakshmipur-4 279 Chittagong-2 →

**Chittagong-1** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). [Nurul Amin](/source/Nurul_Amin_(Chittagong_politician)) is the incumbent member of Parliament.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of [Mirsharai Upazila](/source/Mirsharai_Upazila), including its main towns, villages, and surrounding rural areas, forming a single administrative and electoral unit.[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh which was held in 1973.

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Mosharraf Hossain Bangladesh Awami League[3] 1979 Obaidul Huq Khandaker Bangladesh Nationalist Party[4] 1986 Mosharraf Hossain Bangladesh Awami League[5] 1988 Abu Salek Jatiya Party (Ershad)[6] 1991 Mohamad Ali Jinnah Bangladesh Nationalist Party Feb 1996 Obaidul Huq Khandaker Sep 1996 by-election Mosharraf Hossain Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Mohamad Ali Jinnah Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2008 Mosharraf Hossain Bangladesh Awami League 2014 2018 2024 Mahboob Rahman Ruhel 2026 Nurul Amin Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Nurul Amin 127,645 58.19 +58.2 Jamaat Saifur Rahman 81,227 37.03 +20.2 IAB Ferdous Ahmed Chowdhury 2,064 0.94 +0.5 JP(E) Syed Shahadat Hossain 1,631 0.74 +0.8 Majority 46,418 21.15 −75.39 Turnout 219,418 57.73 Registered electors 380,102

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-1 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Mosharraf Hossain 266,666 98.01 −2.39 BNP Nurul Amin 3,991 1.47 −45.63 IAB Md. Samsuddin 1,418 0.52 +0.52 Majority 262,675 96.54 +91.24 Turnout 272,075 86.37 +0.82 Registered electors 315,016 AL hold

Mosharraf Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the [2014 General Election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-1[1][8][9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Mosharraf Hossain 105,339 52.4 +4.4 BNP ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury 94,665 47.1 −3.6 Independent Abu Salek 441 0.2 0.0 BKP Md. Yousuf 399 0.2 N/A BSD Safiul Alam 250 0.1 N/A Majority 10,674 5.3 +2.7 Turnout 201,094 85.5 +9.3 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-1[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mohamad Ali Jinnah 86,839 50.7 +24.7 AL Mosharraf Hossain 82,333 48.0 −24.9 IJOF Ali Ashraf Chowdhury 921 0.5 N/A CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 307 0.2 N/A Independent Abu Salek 294 0.2 N/A Muslim League M. A. Aziz 226 0.1 N/A Bangladesh Progressive Party Md. Kefayet Hossain 138 0.1 N/A Independent Nur Uddin Ahmed 111 0.1 −0.2 Jatiya Party (M) Ibrahim Iqbal 62 0.0 N/A Independent Md. Nurul Absar 51 0.0 N/A Independent Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan 45 0.0 N/A Independent Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury 24 0.0 N/A Majority 4,506 2.6 −44.3 Turnout 171,351 76.2 +9.8 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 1990s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: [Bogra-6](/source/Bogra-6), [Bogra-7](/source/Bogra-7), [Feni-1](/source/Feni-1), [Lakshmipur-2](/source/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.[11] Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[12]

Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996[12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Mosharraf Hossain 83,600 72.9 +27.8 BNP Mohamad Ali Jinnah 29,786 26.0 −22.2 JP(E) Ali Ashraf Chowdhury 895 0.8 −0.9 Independent Nur Uddin Ahmed 306 0.3 N/A Independent Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed 153 0.1 N/A Majority 53,814 46.9 +43.8 Turnout 114,740 66.4 −12.1 AL gain from BNP

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-1[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Khaleda Zia 66,336 48.2 −4.2 AL Mosharraf Hossain 62,043 45.1 +7.5 Jamaat Md. Badrul Alam 6,102 4.4 −3.9 JP(E) Ali Asfraf Chowdhury 2,382 1.7 N/A CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 511 0.4 −0.8 Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) M. A. Aziz 199 0.1 N/A Zaker Party Mohammad Nurul Gani 129 0.1 0.0 Majority 4,293 3.1 −11.7 Turnout 137,702 78.5 +18.5 BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-1[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mohamad Ali Jinnah 66,969 52.4 AL Mosharraf Hossain 48,030 37.6 Jamaat Shamsuddin 10,605 8.3 CPB (M-L) Dilip Barua 1,552 1.2 Independent Ridwanul Bari 228 0.2 Zaker Party Mirza Md. Nurul Haq 183 0.1 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abdul Manan 161 0.1 Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury 82 0.1 Majority 18,939 14.8 Turnout 127,810 60.0 BNP gain from

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## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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