# Chittagong-13

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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Chittagong-13 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Chittagong District Division Chittagong Division Electorate 392,035 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Sarwar Jamal Nizam ← 289 Chittagong-12 291 Chittagong-14 →

**Chittagong-13** 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 [Karnaphuli Thana](/source/Karnaphuli_Thana), [Anwara Upazila](/source/Anwara_Upazila), and five [union parishads](/source/Union_parishad) of [Patiya Upazila](/source/Patiya_Upazila): Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha integrating these 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 [2008 general election](/source/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [2001 Bangladesh census](/source/2001_Bangladesh_census).[2] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[3]

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-13 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-12. Previously Chittagong-13 encompassed [Chandanaish Upazila](/source/Chandanaish_Upazila) and seven [union parishads](/source/Union_Parishad) of [Satkania Upazila](/source/Satkania_Upazila): Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.[4][1]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 B. M. Faizur Rahman Bangladesh Awami League[5] 1979 Mahbub Kabir Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6] 1980 by-election Oli Ahmad[7] 1986 Afsar Uddin Ahmed National Awami Party[8][9] Feb 1991 Oli Ahmad Bangladesh Nationalist Party Sep 1996 Sarwar Jamal Nizam 2001 2008 Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu Bangladesh Awami League 2013 by-election Saifuzzaman Chowdhury 2014 2018 2024 2026 Sarwar Jamal Nizam Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-13 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Sarwar Jamal Nizam 126,192 57.66 +56.38 BIF S. M. Shahjahan 51,450 23.51 New Jamaat Mahmudul Hasan 34,035 15.55 +9.15 Majority 74,742 34.15 +131.33 Turnout 218,841 55.37 −24.27 Registered electors 395,246 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-13 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Saifuzzaman Chowdhury 2,43,415 98.46% N/A BNP Sarwar Jamal Nizam 3,153 1.28% N/A IAB Md. Erfanul Haque Chowdhury 643 0.26% N/A Majority 2,40,262 97.18% Turnout 2,47,211 79.64% Registered electors 3,10,466 AL hold

General Election 2014: Chittagong-13[10][11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Saifuzzaman Chowdhury 178,985 96.0 +61.6 JP(E) Tapan Chakrabarti 5,418 2.9 +2.6 BNF Narayan Rakkhit 1,954 1.0 N/A Majority 173,567 93.1 +81.7 Turnout 186,357 68.3 −19.8 AL gain from LDP

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-13[12][13][14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu 110,951 54.7 +9.3 BNP Sarwar Jamal Nizam 86,751 42.7 −8.2 BIF M. A. Matin 4,307 2.1 0.0 Gano Forum Uzzal Bhumik 517 0.3 N/A BKA Rashidul Haq 428 0.2 N/A Majority 24,200 11.9 +6.4 Turnout 202,954 88.0 +17.5 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-13[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Oli Ahmad 70,016 53.8 AL Abser Uddin Ahmad 57,700 44.3 BIF Ahmad Hossain Al Kaderi 1,614 1.2 IJOF Mridul Guha 380 0.3 Independent Abul Kashem 293 0.2 Independent Abdul Nabi 155 0.1 JSD Syed Manjur Rahman Jubair 69 0.1 Majority 12,316 9.5 Turnout 130,227 74.5 BNP hold

### Elections in the 1990s

Oli Ahmad stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Chittagong-13 and [Chittagong-14](/source/Chittagong-14). After winning both, he chose to represent Chittagong-14 and quit Chittagong-13, triggering a by-election in Chittagong-13.[15][16] Mamtaz Begum of the BNP was elected in a September 1996 by-election.[17]

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-13[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Oli Ahmad 62,323 61.8 +2.3 AL Nazrul Islam Chowdhury 30,728 30.5 −0.4 Jamaat Shamsul Islam 6,433 6.4 −0.6 JP(E) Mridul Guha 651 0.6 −0.1 CPB Abdul Nabi 401 0.4 N/A Zaker Party Md. Siddiqul Islam 112 0.1 −0.1 FP Md. Ali Jobaier 85 0.1 −0.1 NAP Syed Mostafa Kamal 61 0.1 N/A Majority 31,595 31.3 +2.8 Turnout 100,794 77.7 +21.0 BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-13[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Oli Ahmad 52,072 59.5 AL Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury 27,092 30.9 Jamaat Shamsul Islam 6,108 7.0 BIF Md. Rezaul Karim 1,129 1.3 JP(E) Nurul Absar 612 0.7 FP Abu Syed 206 0.2 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD A. K. M. Shamsuddin 186 0.2 Zaker Party Nurul Islam 158 0.2 Majority 24,980 28.5 Turnout 87,563 56.7 BNP gain from NAP

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1979results_6-0)** ["List of 2nd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-ec9th_12-0)** ["Parisankhyana pratibedana 9ma jatiya sangsad nirbacana" পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/36Sa01LjyXk71kuGw5U1oK5zGEvYq8LxRx5sm0MG.pdf) [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). p. 322.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008results_13-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210509063641/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Archived from [the original](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008) on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_14-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-3) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234904/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=291). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=291) on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1996results_17-0)** ["List of 7th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.

## External links

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

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