Chittagong-13

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Chittagong-13 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = চট্টগ্রাম-১৩.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Chittagong District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Chittagong Division]] |population = |electorate = 392,035 (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 = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] | local_council_label = [[Upazila|Council area]] | local_council = |next = |module = {{align|left|← [[Chittagong-12|289 Chittagong-12]]}}{{align|right|[[Chittagong-14|291 Chittagong-14]] →}} }} '''Chittagong-13''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Karnaphuli Thana]], [[Anwara Upazila]], and five [[union parishad]]s of [[Patiya Upazila]]: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha integrating these 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 [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />

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-13 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-12. Previously Chittagong-13 encompassed [[Chandanaish Upazila]] and seven [[Union Parishad|union parishads]] of [[Satkania Upazila]]: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[B. M. Faizur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Mahbub Kabir Chowdhury]] | rowspan="2"|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 1980 by-election | [[Oli Ahmad]]<ref name="dr-oliahmad" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|National Awami Party}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Afsar Uddin Ahmed]] | [[National Awami Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1991]] | [[Oli Ahmad]] | rowspan="3"|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | Sep 1996 | rowspan="2"|[[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |- |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="4"|[[Saifuzzaman Chowdhury]] |- |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]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chittagong-13}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |votes = 126,192 |percentage = 57.66 |change = +56.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = S. M. Shahjahan |votes = 51,450 |percentage = 23.51 |change = New }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Mahmudul Hasan |votes = 34,035 |percentage = 15.55 |change = +9.15 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 74,742 |percentage = 34.15 |change = +131.33 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 218,841 |percentage = 55.37 |change = −24.27 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 395,246 }} {{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-13}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Saifuzzaman Chowdhury]] |votes = 2,43,415 |percentage = 98.46% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |votes = 3,153 |percentage = 1.28% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Erfanul Haque Chowdhury |votes = 643 |percentage = 0.26% |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,40,262 |percentage = 97.18% |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 2,47,211 |percentage = 79.64% |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 3,10,466 }} {{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-13<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Saifuzzaman Chowdhury]] |votes = 178,985 |percentage = 96.0 |change = +61.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Tapan Chakrabarti |votes = 5,418 |percentage = 2.9 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Front |candidate = Narayan Rakkhit |votes = 1,954 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 173,567 |percentage = 93.1 |change = +81.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 186,357 |percentage = 68.3 |change = -19.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chittagong-13<ref name="ec9th" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu]] |votes = 110,951 |percentage = 54.7 |change = +9.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sarwar Jamal Nizam]] |votes = 86,751 |percentage = 42.7 |change = -8.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = M. A. Matin |votes = 4,307 |percentage = 2.1 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Uzzal Bhumik |votes = 517 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Rashidul Haq |votes = 428 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,200 |percentage = 11.9 |change = +6.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 202,954 |percentage = 88.0 |change = +17.5 }} {{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-13<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Oli Ahmad]] |votes = 70,016 |percentage = 53.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abser Uddin Ahmad]] |votes = 57,700 |percentage = 44.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Ahmad Hossain Al Kaderi |votes = 1,614 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Mridul Guha |votes = 380 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abul Kashem |votes = 293 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Nabi |votes = 155 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Syed Manjur Rahman Jubair |votes = 69 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,316 |percentage = 9.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 130,227 |percentage = 74.5 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === Oli Ahmad stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Chittagong-13 and [[Chittagong-14]]. After winning both, he chose to represent Chittagong-14 and quit Chittagong-13, triggering a by-election in Chittagong-13.<ref name="votemonitor" /><ref name="votemonitor292" /> Mamtaz Begum of the BNP was elected in a September 1996 by-election.<ref name="1996results" />

{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chittagong-13<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Oli Ahmad]] |votes = 62,323 |percentage = 61.8 |change = +2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Nazrul Islam Chowdhury]] |votes = 30,728 |percentage = 30.5 |change = -0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shamsul Islam |votes = 6,433 |percentage = 6.4 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mridul Guha |votes = 651 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abdul Nabi |votes = 401 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Siddiqul Islam |votes = 112 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Ali Jobaier |votes = 85 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Syed Mostafa Kamal |votes = 61 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 31,595 |percentage = 31.3 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 100,794 |percentage = 77.7 |change = +21.0 }} {{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-13<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Oli Ahmad]] |votes = 52,072 |percentage = 59.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury |votes = 27,092 |percentage = 30.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shamsul Islam |votes = 6,108 |percentage = 7.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Md. Rezaul Karim |votes = 1,129 |percentage = 1.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Nurul Absar |votes = 612 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Abu Syed |votes = 206 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = A. K. M. Shamsuddin |votes = 186 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 158 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,980 |percentage = 28.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 87,563 |percentage = 56.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = National Awami Party }}

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==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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