Chittagong-12 Explained

Chittagong-12
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chittagong District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:285,966 (2018)
Year:1973
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:None
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Vacant
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:Patiya Upazila
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Chittagong-11 (Constituency 288)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Chittagong-13 (Constituency 290)

Chittagong-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all but five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.

History

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

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-12 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-11. Previously Chittagong-12 encompassed Anowara Upazila and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Mohammad IdrisBangladesh Awami League
1979Shahadat Hossain ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
1986Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury BabuJatiya Party
1988Mokhtar Ahmad
1991Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury BabuBangladesh Awami League
1996Sarwar Jamal NizamBangladesh Nationalist Party
2001Sarwar Jamal NizamBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury BabuBangladesh Awami League
2013 by-electionSaifuzzaman Chowdhury JavedBangladesh Awami League
2014Shamsul Haque ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League
2018Shamsul Haque ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League
2024Motaherul Islam ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu died in November 2012. Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed of the Awami League was elected in a January 2013 by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

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