Chittagong-13

Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Chittagong-13

Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District| Chittagong District
Division| Chittagong Division
Electorate| 310,466 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created| 1973
Parliamentary Party| None
Member of Parliament| Vacant
Council area| Anwara Upazila
Prev. Constituency| Chittagong-12 (Constituency 289)
Next Constituency| Chittagong-14 (Constituency 291)

Chittagong-13 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

## Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Karnaphuli Thana, Anwara Upazila, and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.[2]

## History

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The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

Ahead of the 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 parishads of Satkania Upazila: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.[5][2]

## Members of Parliament

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Election | Member | Party

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| 1973 | B. M. Faizur Rahman | Awami League[6]
| 1979 | Mahbub Kabir Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
| 1980 by-election  | Oli Ahmad[8]
| 1986 | Afsar Uddin Ahmed | National Awami Party[9][10]
| Feb 1991 | Oli Ahmad | Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| Sep 1996 by-election  | Mamtaz Begum
| 2001 | Oli Ahmad
| 2008 | LDP
| 2014 | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury | Bangladesh Awami League

## Elections

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### Elections in the 2010s

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General Election 2014: Chittagong-13[11][12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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General Election 2008: Chittagong-13[13][14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Oli Ahmad | 82,036  | 45.8  | N/A
| AL | Afsar Uddin Ahmed | 61,646  | 34.4  | −9.9
| BNP | Mizanul Haque Chowdhury  | 33,335  | 18.6  | −35.2
| BIF | Shah Kholilur Rhaman  | 1,284  | 0.7  | −0.5
| JP(E) | Mridul Guha  | 478  | 0.3  | N/A
| National People's Party  | Md. Aktaruzzaman  | 167  | 0.1  | N/A
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party  | Md. Gulam Ishak Khan  | 83  | 0.0  | N/A
Majority  | 20,390  | 11.4  | +1.9
Turnout | 179,029  | 88.1  | +13.6
| LDP gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chittagong-13[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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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.[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  | %  | ±%

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| BNP | Oli Ahmad | 62,323  | 61.8  | +2.3
| AL | Nazrul Islam Chowdhury | 30,728  | 30.5  | −0.4
| Jamaat-e-Islami | 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  | %  | ±%

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| BNP | Oli Ahmad | 52,072  | 59.5  |
| AL | Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury  | 27,092  | 30.9  |
| Jamaat-e-Islami | 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

## References

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1. ^ "Chattogram-13". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105\. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
4. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
5. ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. ^ "Life Sketch". Dr. Oli Ahmad. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
9. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
11. ^ "Chittagong-13". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Chittagong-13". AmarMP. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
13. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. ^ a b c d "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
16. ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
17. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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