Cox's Bazar-1 Explained

Cox's Bazar-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Cox's Bazar District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:390,829 (2018)
Year:1984
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-16 (Constituency 293)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Cox's Bazar-2 (Constituency 295)

Cox's Bazar-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chakaria and Pekua upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986A. H. Salahuddin MahmudJatiya Party
1991Enamul Haq ManjuBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996Salah Uddin AhmedBangladesh Nationalist Party
2001
2008Hasina Ahmed
2014Mohammed ElliasJatiya Party (Ershad)
2018Jafar AlamAwami League
2024Syed Muhammad IbrahimBangladesh Kalyan Party

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mohammed Ellias 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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