Chittagong-4

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Chittagong-4 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = চট্টগ্রাম-৪.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Chittagong District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 448,380 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = ''Vacant''{{efn|[[Election Commission (Bangladesh)|Election Commission]] has postponed the results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/403229/ec-postpones-results-of-3-constituencies|title=EC postpones results of 3 constituencies|author=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|BSS]]|date=13 February 2026|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref>}} | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = | next = | module = {{align|left|← [[Chittagong-3|280 Chittagong-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Chittagong-5|282 Chittagong-5]] →}} }} '''Chittagong-4''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Sitakunda Upazila]], the [[Bangladesh Military Academy]], and parts of the [[Chattogram City Corporation]], specifically No. 9 [[North Pahartali Ward]] and No. 10 [[North Kattali Ward]], 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 [[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. Previously Chittagong-4 encompassed [[Bayazid Thana]] and [[Hathazari Upazila]].<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="maps" />

== Members of Parliament == ;''Political parties'' *{{legend|{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}|[[Bangladesh Awami League]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} *{{legend|{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} *{{legend|{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}|[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Nurul Alam Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] |[[Jamal Uddin Ahmad]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Nurul Alam Chowdhury]] ||[[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary]] | rowspan="6" |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Rafiqul Anwar]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[ABM Abul Kashem]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="2" |[[Didarul Alam]] |- |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]] | [[SM Al Mamun]] |- |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2020s ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chittagong-4{{cn|date=January 2026}}}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = [[Aslam Chowdhury]] | votes = 142,674 | percentage = 61.51 | change = +49.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | candidate = Anowar Siddiqui Chowdhury | votes = 89,268 | percentage = 38.49 | change = +32.29 }} {{Election box majority | votes = 53,406 | percentage = 23.02 | change = −53.28 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 231,942 | percentage = 51.73 | change = −13.64 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 448,380 }} {{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-4}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Awami League | candidate = [[Didarul Alam]] | votes = 226,118 | percentage = 87.97 | change = +7.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = [[Aslam Chowdhury]] | votes = 30,014 | percentage = 11.67 | change = -1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) | candidate = Md. Didarul Kabir | votes = 907 | percentage = 0.35 | change = -0.1 }}

{{Election box majority | votes = 196,104 | percentage = 76.30 | change = -6.7 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 257,039 | percentage = 65.37 | change = +19.3 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 393,228 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Awami League | swing = +41.9 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Chittagong-4<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" /><ref name="bdn5Jan2014" /><ref group=note name="2014votes"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Didarul Alam]] |votes = 153,391 |percentage = 95.1 |change = +40.7% }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = AFM Mafijur Rahman |votes = 4,462 |percentage = 2.8 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Mohammad Didarul Alam Chowdhury |votes = 2,212 |percentage = 1.4 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = AAM Haydar Ali Chowdhury |votes = 1,250 |percentage = 0.8 |change = N/A }} {{Election box majority |votes = 148,929 |percentage = 83.0 |change = +83.0% }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 161,279 |percentage = 46.1 |change = −35.7% }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin|title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chittagong-4<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[ABM Abul Kashem]]|votes=136,298|percentage=54.4|change=+18.5|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Aslam Chowdhury]]|votes=112,930|percentage=45.0|change=-18.8|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Bangladesh|candidate=Md. Macheuddulla|votes=850|percentage=0.3|change=''N/A''|}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=National People's Party (Bangladesh)|candidate=Kazi Mohammal Eusuf Alam|votes=435|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sachindra Lal Dey|votes=213|percentage=0.1|change=''N/A''|}}

{{Election box majority|votes=23,368|percentage=9.3|change=-18.6|}} {{Election box turnout|votes=250,726|percentage=81.8|change=+14.0|}} {{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-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Rafiqul Anwar]] |votes = 108,011 |percentage = 55.9 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary]] |votes = 82,518 |percentage = 42.7 |change = +2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Fazlul Haq Islamabadi |votes = 990 |percentage = 0.5 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury]] |votes = 892 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = M. Badiur Rahman |votes = 684 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 25,493 |percentage = 13.2 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 193,095 |percentage = 69.8 |change = +57.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chittagong-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Rafiqul Anwar]]|votes=72,546|percentage=52.6|change=+5.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=Jamal Uddin Ahmed|votes=55,703|percentage=40.4|change=-1.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Jahangir Chowdhury|votes=8,529|percentage=6.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Islami Front|candidate=Md. Jasim Uddin|votes=458|percentage=0.3|change=-1.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Jahir Uddin Chowdhury|votes=338|percentage=0.3|change=-1.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Gano Forum|candidate=Md. Muzibul Haque|votes=217|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdul Hye |votes = 163 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority||votes=16,843|percentage=12.2|change=+6.9}} {{Election box turnout||votes=137,954|percentage=70.0|change=+26.3}} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chittagong-4<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Syed Nozibul Bosor]] |votes = 51,679 |percentage = 47.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Nuruchchhapa |votes = 45,894 |percentage = 41.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Salahuddin |votes = 3,940 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Kazi Sirajul Islam |votes = 2,222 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Jahangir Hossain |votes = 1,543 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Moin-Uddin |votes = 1,539 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Suja Uddin |votes = 1,534 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Hafez Nurul Islam |votes = 932 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Rashid Ahamed |votes = 208 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Saleh Ahmad |votes = 151 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) |candidate = [[Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury]] |votes = 74 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Democratic League |candidate = Mujibul Haq Chowdhury |votes = 74 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,785 |percentage = 5.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 109,790 |percentage = 43.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }}

==Notes== {{notelist}} {{reflist|group=note|refs= <ref group=note name="2014votes">Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 153,391 and 153,815 votes for the winner, and between 1,250 and 6,848 votes for the Jatiya Party (Manju) candidate, but the discrepancies in the figures are not large enough to change the overall outcome.</ref> }}

== 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-4 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=281 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819083117/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=281 |archive-date=19 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=323 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Chittagong-4 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819114347/https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=323 |archive-date=19 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</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="bdn5Jan2014">{{cite news |title=Bablu wins Chittagong-9 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2014/01/05/bablu-wins-chittagong-9 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=5 January 2015}}</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=282 |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/20081228234859/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=282 |archive-date=28 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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