Chittagong-12

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Chittagong-12 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = চট্টগ্রাম-১২.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Chittagong District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Chittagong Division]] |population = |electorate = 349,478 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Enamul Haque Enam]] | local_council_label = | local_council = |next = |module = {{align|left|← [[Chittagong-11|288 Chittagong-11]]}}{{align|right|[[Chittagong-13|290 Chittagong-13]] →}} }} '''Chittagong-12''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses all but five [[union parishad]]s of [[Patiya Upazila]] Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha integrating the included areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="ecs" />

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

Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the Election Commission renumbered the seat for [[Sandwip Upazila]] from Chittagong-16 to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-12 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-11. Previously Chittagong-12 encompassed [[Anowara Upazila]] and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="maps" />

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mohammad Idris Shakur (Bangladeshi politician)|Mohammad Idris]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury (Politician)|Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mokhtar Ahmad]] | <ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | rowspan="2" |[[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] | rowspan="2" |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] | rowspan="5" |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2013 by-election | rowspan="3" |[[Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed]] |- |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]] |[[Motaherul Islam Chowdhury]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Enamul Haque Enam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}

== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chittagong-12}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Enamul Haque Enam]] |votes = 135,044 |percentage = 70.55 |change = +50.99 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Sayed Ayar Mohammad Peyaru |votes = 28,999 |percentage = 15.15 |change = New }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Farid Ul Alam |votes = 20,940 |percentage = 10.94 |change = New }} {{Election box majority |votes = 106,045 |percentage = 55.40 |change = −5.38 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 191,404 |percentage = 54.27 |change = −25.45 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 352,695 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Chittagong-12}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shamsul Haque Chowdhury]] |votes = 1,83,179 |percentage = 80.34% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Enamul Haque Enam |votes = 44,598 |percentage = 19.56% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Nurussofa Sarkar |votes = 220 |percentage = 0.10% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,38,581 |percentage = 60.78% |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 2,27,997 |percentage = 79.72% |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 2,85,966 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Chittagong-12<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shamsul Haque Chowdhury]] |votes = 128,214 |percentage = 92.6 |change = +37.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Sirajul Islam Chowdhury |votes = 10,197 |percentage = 7.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 118,017 |percentage = 85.3 |change = +73.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 138,411 |percentage = 55.4 |change = -32.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu died in November 2012.<ref name="bdn4Nov2012" /> Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed of the Awami League was elected in a January 2013 by-election.<ref name="ds18Jan2013" />

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chittagong-12<ref name="ec9th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/36Sa01LjyXk71kuGw5U1oK5zGEvYq8LxRx5sm0MG.pdf |script-title=bn:পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন |title=Parisankhyana pratibedana 9ma jatiya sangsad nirbacana |trans-title=Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |page=322}}</ref><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shamsul Haq Chowdhury]] |votes = 103,869 |percentage = 55.4 |change = +14.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gazi Md. Shahjahan]] |votes = 75,156 |percentage = 40.1 |change = -11.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Gazi Mohammad Monjurul Karim |votes = 5,936 |percentage = 3.2 |change = +0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Chandroshakhor Nath |votes = 1,344 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Saifuddin Moha. Unus |votes = 572 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = A. F. M. Shah Alam |votes = 528 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,713 |percentage = 15.3 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 187,405 |percentage = 86.5 |change = +12.9 }} {{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-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |votes = 76,473 |percentage = 50.9 |change = +3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] |votes = 68,187 |percentage = 45.4 |change = +7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Abdu Noor Chowdhury |votes = 3,081 |percentage = 2.1 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Abdus Sattar Rani |votes = 1,680 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Jamal Ahmmad |votes = 229 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Hye |votes = 150 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abul Kalam Bakul |votes = 133 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Ali Ahmad Talukder |votes = 128 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Abu Taher Bangali |votes = 96 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,286 |percentage = 5.5 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 150,157 |percentage = 70.5 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chittagong-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |votes = 52,792 |percentage = 47.3 |change = +10.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Ataur Rahman Khan Kaisa |votes = 41,901 |percentage = 37.5 |change = -10.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Ukil Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury]] |votes = 8,926 |percentage = 8.0 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Sumsuddin Ahmed Mirza |votes = 4,212 |percentage = 3.8 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury |votes = 3,084 |percentage = 2.8 |change = +0.3 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Nurul Haque |votes = 281 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Rashidul Haq |votes = 212 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Chitto Sen Barua |votes = 212 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,891 |percentage = 9.8 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 111,620 |percentage = 70.4 |change = +22.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chittagong-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Akhteruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] |votes = 42,973 |percentage = 47.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Labir |votes = 33,563 |percentage = 37.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury]] |votes = 6,861 |percentage = 7.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Hasan |votes = 2,562 |percentage = 2.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury |votes = 2,249 |percentage = 2.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Aminur Rahman |votes = 984 |percentage = 1.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Akhter Kabir |votes = 399 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Amir Ahmed Khan |votes = 249 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Nurul Haq |votes = 199 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. Haq |votes = 171 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Mokhter Ahmad |votes = 146 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Ali Ahmad Talukder |votes = 95 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,410 |percentage = 10.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 90,451 |percentage = 47.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }}

== References == <references> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Chittagong-12 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=289 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143701/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=289 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=330 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Chittagong-12 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="bdn4Nov2012">{{cite news |title=Akhtaruzzaman Babu MP dies |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2012/11/04/akhtaruzzaman-babu-mp-dies |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=4 November 2012 |access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds18Jan2013">{{cite news |title=AL's Javed wins Ctg-12 by-election |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-265656 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509063641/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=290 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=290 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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