Chittagong-7 Explained

Chittagong-7
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chittagong District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:269,332 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Vacant
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:Vacant
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:Rangunia Upazila
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Chittagong-6 (Constituency 283)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Chittagong-8 (Constituency 285)

Chittagong-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip.

History

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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

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. Prior to that, Chittagong-7 had encompassed all but one union parishad (Sreepur Kharandwip) of Boalkhali Upazila, and Chittagong City Corporation wards 3 through 7.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberParty
1973M. A. MananAwami League
1979Salahuddin Quader ChowdhuryBangladesh Muslim League
1986Giasuddin Quader ChowdhuryJatiya Party
1988Nazrul IslamJatiya Party
1991Md. YusufCommunist Party of Bangladesh
Feb 1996Nurul AlamIndependent
Jun 1996Salahuddin Quader ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
2001
2008Muhammad Hasan MahmudBangladesh Awami League
2014Muhammad Hasan MahmudAwami League
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

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