# Chittagong-12

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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Chittagong-12 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Chittagong District Division Chittagong Division Electorate 349,478 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Enamul Haque Enam ← 288 Chittagong-11 290 Chittagong-13 →

**Chittagong-12** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all but five [union parishads](/source/Union_parishad) of [Patiya Upazila](/source/Patiya_Upazila) Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha integrating the included 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 [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election), the Election Commission renumbered the seat for [Sandwip Upazila](/source/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](/source/Anowara_Upazila) and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.[1][2]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Mohammad Idris Bangladesh Awami League[3] 1979 Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[4] 1986 Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu Jatiya Party[5] 1988 Mokhtar Ahmad [6] 1991 Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu Bangladesh Awami League 1996 Sarwar Jamal Nizam Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2001 2008 Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu Bangladesh Awami League 2013 by-election Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed 2014 2018 2024 Motaherul Islam Chowdhury 2026 Enamul Haque Enam Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-12 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Enamul Haque Enam 135,044 70.55 +50.99 BIF Sayed Ayar Mohammad Peyaru 28,999 15.15 New Jamaat Farid Ul Alam 20,940 10.94 New Majority 106,045 55.40 −5.38 Turnout 191,404 54.27 −25.45 Registered electors 352,695 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-12 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Shamsul Haque Chowdhury 1,83,179 80.34% N/A BNP Enamul Haque Enam 44,598 19.56% N/A JP(E) Md. Nurussofa Sarkar 220 0.10% N/A Majority 1,38,581 60.78% Turnout 2,27,997 79.72% Registered electors 2,85,966 AL hold

General Election 2014: Chittagong-12[7][8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Shamsul Haque Chowdhury 128,214 92.6 +37.9 JP(E) Sirajul Islam Chowdhury 10,197 7.4 N/A Majority 118,017 85.3 +73.4 Turnout 138,411 55.4 −32.6 AL hold

Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu died in November 2012.[9] Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed of the Awami League was elected in a January 2013 by-election.[10]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-12[11][12][13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Shamsul Haq Chowdhury 103,869 55.4 +14.3 BNP Gazi Md. Shahjahan 75,156 40.1 −11.8 BIF Gazi Mohammad Monjurul Karim 5,936 3.2 +0.9 NAP Chandroshakhor Nath 1,344 0.7 N/A BSD Saifuddin Moha. Unus 572 0.3 N/A CPB A. F. M. Shah Alam 528 0.3 N/A Majority 28,713 15.3 +4.5 Turnout 187,405 86.5 +12.9 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-12[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Sarwar Jamal Nizam 76,473 50.9 +3.6 AL Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu 68,187 45.4 +7.9 BIF Abdu Noor Chowdhury 3,081 2.1 −0.7 IJOF Abdus Sattar Rani 1,680 1.1 N/A Independent Syed Jamal Ahmmad 229 0.2 N/A Independent Abdul Hye 150 0.1 N/A Independent Md. Abul Kalam Bakul 133 0.1 N/A Bangladesh Progressive Party Ali Ahmad Talukder 128 0.1 N/A JSD Md. Abu Taher Bangali 96 0.1 N/A Majority 8,286 5.5 −4.3 Turnout 150,157 70.5 +0.1 BNP hold

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-12[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Sarwar Jamal Nizam 52,792 47.3 +10.2 AL Ataur Rahman Khan Kaisa 41,901 37.5 −10.0 JP(E) Ukil Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury 8,926 8.0 +0.4 Jamaat Sumsuddin Ahmed Mirza 4,212 3.8 +1.0 BIF Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury 3,084 2.8 +0.3 NAP (Bhashani) Nurul Haque 281 0.3 +0.1 BKA Rashidul Haq 212 0.2 N/A Zaker Party Chitto Sen Barua 212 0.2 −0.1 Majority 10,891 9.8 −0.6 Turnout 111,620 70.4 +22.7 BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Chittagong-12[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Akhteruzzaman Chowdhury Babu 42,973 47.5 BNP Md. Labir 33,563 37.1 JP(E) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury 6,861 7.6 Jamaat Md. Hasan 2,562 2.8 BIF Md. Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury 2,249 2.5 Bangladesh Janata Party Aminur Rahman 984 1.1 Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Akhter Kabir 399 0.4 Zaker Party Amir Ahmed Khan 249 0.3 NAP (Bhashani) Nurul Haq 199 0.2 Independent A. Haq 171 0.2 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mokhter Ahmad 146 0.2 Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Ali Ahmad Talukder 95 0.1 Majority 9,410 10.4 Turnout 90,451 47.7 AL 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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