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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Chittagong-16 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Chittagong District Division Chittagong Division Electorate 404,559 (2026) Current constituency Created 2008 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Mohammad Zahirul Islam ← 292 Chittagong-15 294 Cox's Bazar-1 →

**Chattogram-16** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of [Banshkhali Upazila](/source/Banshkhali_Upazila), integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]

## History

The constituency was created when, 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 added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16.[3] The seat for [Sandwip Upazila](/source/Sandwip_Upazila) was renumbered from Chittagong-3 to Chittagong-16, and seats 2 through 7 were shuffled around so that the three metropolitan seats (Chittagong-8, 9, and 10) could be split into four (Chittagong-7, 8, 9, and 10).[4][5]

Ahead of the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election), the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chattogram-16 back 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 Chattogram-16 covers the area covered in 2008 by Chittagong-15.[5][1]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 1979 Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party Major Boundary Changes 2008 Jafrul Islam Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2014 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League 2018 2024 Mujibur Rahman Independent 2026 Mohammad Zahirul Islam Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-16 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jamaat Mohammad Zahirul Islam 93,167 39.51 New BNP Miskatul Islam Chowdhury 83,105 35.24 +23.28 Independent Mohammed Liaquat Ali 55,492 23.53 New IAB Haez Rufiullah 4,054 1.72 New Majority 10,062 4.27 −63.33 Turnout 236,510 57.51 −15.20 Registered electors 411,274 Jamaat gain from Independent

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-16 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury 175,341 79.56 N/A BNP Jafrul Islam Chowdhury 26,370 11.96 N/A JP(E) Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury 18,629 8.46 N/A Majority 148,971 67.60 Turnout 220,340 72.71 Registered electors 303,123 AL hold

General Election 2014: Chittagong-16[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury 147,855 95.6 +78.3 Jatiya Party (M) AAM Haider Ali Chowdhury 6,848 4.4 N/A Majority 141,007 91.1 +66.4 Turnout 154,703 57.6 −18.7 AL gain from BNP

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-16[7][8][9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Jafrul Islam Chowdhury 99,896 51.7 −10.8 AL Sultanul Kabir Chowdhary 91,870 47.5 +12.6 BIF Mohammed Azizur Rahman Aziz 1,133 0.6 N/A Gano Forum Ranjit Kumar Sikdar 415 0.2 N/A Majority 8,026 4.2 −23.4 Turnout 193,314 85.7 +13.0 BNP hold

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ecs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ecs_1-1) ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rahman2010_2-0)** Rahman, Syedur (2010). [*Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105). Scarecrow Press. p. 105. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-7453-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7453-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds11Jul2008_3-0)** Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). ["Final list of redrawn JS seats published"](http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202). *The Daily Star*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ec8th_4-0)** ["Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. p. 350. Archived from [the original](http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_5-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_6-0)** ["Chittagong-16"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180713042302/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=293). *Bangladesh Election Result 2014*. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from [the original](http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=293) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ec9th_7-0)** ["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_8-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030207/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Archived from [the original](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2008) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_9-0)** ["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.

## External links

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

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