Chittagong-4 Explained

Chittagong-4
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chittagong District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:393,228 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Vacant
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:Vacant
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Chittagong-3 (Constituency 280)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Chittagong-5 (Constituency 282)

Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sitakunda Upazila and Chattogram City Corporation No.9 North Pahartali Ward and No.10 North Kattali Ward.

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. Previously Chittagong-4 encompassed Bayazid Thana and Hathazari Upazila.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberParty
1973Nurul Alam ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League
1979Jamal Uddin AhmadBangladesh Nationalist Party
1986Nurul Alam ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League
1988Mazharul Haq Shah ChowdhuryJatiya Party (Ershad)
1991Syed Nazibul Bashar MaizvandaryBangladesh Awami League
1996Rafiqul Anwar
2008Anisul Islam MahmudJatiya Party (Ershad)
2014Didarul AlamBangladesh Awami League
2018
2024SM Al MamunBangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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