{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Chittagong-6 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = চট্টগ্রাম-৬.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Chittagong District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Chittagong Division]] |population = |electorate = 336,021 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | local_council_label = [[Upazila|Council area]] | local_council = |next = |module = {{align|left|← [[Chittagong-5|282 Chittagong-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Chittagong-7|284 Chittagong-7]] →}} }} '''Chittagong-6''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses the entirety of [[Raozan Upazila]], including its main towns, villages, and surrounding rural areas, forming a single administrative and electoral unit.<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 Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-6 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-5. Previously Chittagong-6 encompassed [[Rangunia Upazila]] and one [[union parishad]] of [[Boalkhali Upazila]]: Sreepur Kharandwip.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mohammad Khaled]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[A. M. Zahiruddin Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] |rowspan="2"| [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /><ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] | [[National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|National Democratic Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Golam Akbar Khondakar]] |rowspan="2"|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |[[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | rowspan="5"| [[A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] | rowspan="5"| [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |- |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]] |[[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chittagong-6}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] |votes = 111,201 |percentage = 67.76 |change = +66.80 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Mohammad Ilias Nuri |votes = 26,696 |percentage = 16.27 |change = +14.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shahjahan Manju |votes = 21,013 |percentage = 12.80 |change = +11.20 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 84,505 |percentage = 51.49 |change = −46.00 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 164,105 |percentage = 48.27 |change = −38.21 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 339,988 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s ===
{{Election box begin | title = [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Chittagong-6 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Awami League | candidate = [[A. B. M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] | votes = 230,471 | percentage = 98.44 | change = +40.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = Jashim Uddin Shikder | votes = 2,244 | percentage = 0.96 | change = −40.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh | candidate = Md. Abdul Ali | votes = 1,409 | percentage = 0.60 | change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority | votes = 228,227 | percentage = 97.48 | change = +80.8 }}
{{Election box turnout | votes = 234,124 | percentage = 86.48 | change = −0.9 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 270,760 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
[[A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chittagong-6<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Awami League | candidate = [[A. B. M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] | votes = 101,340 | percentage = 58.4 | change = +6.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = [[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] | votes = 72,073 | percentage = 41.6 | change = -5.4 }}
{{Election box majority | votes = 29,267 | percentage = 16.9 | change = +11.8 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 173,413 | percentage = 87.4 | change = +17.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Chittagong-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] |votes = 74,669 |percentage = 52.1 |change = +14.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury]] |votes = 67,340 |percentage = 47.0 |change = -5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Salamat Ali |votes = 1,389 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 7,329 |percentage = 5.1 |change = -9.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 143,398 |percentage = 69.6 |change = +2.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chittagong-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Gias Uddin Kader Chowdhury]] |votes = 50,059 |percentage = 52.4 |change = +51.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]] |votes = 35,993 |percentage = 37.7 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Zia Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury |votes = 6,400 |percentage = 6.7 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Abu Nasar Talukdar |votes = 1,519 |percentage = 1.6 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Jamal Hossain |votes = 1,504 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Yaqul Chowdhury |votes = 122 |percentage = 0.1 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,066 |percentage = 14.7 |change = -3.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 95,597 |percentage = 66.7 |change = +19.2 }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chittagong-6<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] |votes = 48,646 |percentage = 54.0 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Abdullah Al Harun |votes = 32,105 |percentage = 35.7 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu]] |votes = 6,655 |percentage = 7.4 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Hasan Chowdhury |votes = 1,296 |percentage = 1.4 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Nasir Uddin |votes = 853 |percentage = 0.9 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League |candidate = A. F. M. Hasan |votes = 199 |percentage = 0.2 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Nurul Azim |votes = 137 |percentage = 0.2 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Yakub Chowdhury |votes = 128 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,541 |percentage = 18.4 |change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 90,019 |percentage = 47.5 |change = N/A }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
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