Chittagong-15 Explained

Chittagong-15
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chittagong District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:458411 (2023)[1]
Year:1973
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:None
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Vacant
Local Council Label:Council area
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Chittagong-14 (Constituency 291)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Chittagong-16 (Constituency 293)

Chittagong-15 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Lohagara Upazila and all but six union parishads of Satkania Upazila: Bazlia, Dharmapur, Kalais, Keochia, Khagaria, and Puranagar.

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-15 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-14. Previously Chittagong-15 encompassed Banshkhali Upazila.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Shah-e-Jahan ChowdhuryAwami League
1979Mahmudul Islam ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
1986Mahmudul Islam ChowdhuryJatiya Party
1991Sultanul Kabir ChowdhuryAwami League
1996Jafrul Islam ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
2014Abu Reza Muhammad NezamuddinAwami League
2024Abdul MotalebIndependent

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: চট্টগ্রাম-১৫ কেন্দ্র সংক্রান্ত গেজেট . ecs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Election Commission . 3 January 2024 . bn.