Chittagong-1

Electorate380,102 (2026)

Created1973

Chittagong-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad

District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	380,102 (2026)
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of Parliament	Nurul Amin
← 277 Lakshmipur-4 279 Chittagong-2 →

Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Nurul Amin is the incumbent member of Parliament.

The constituency encompasses the entirety of Mirsharai Upazila, including its main towns, villages, and surrounding rural areas, forming a single administrative and electoral unit.^[1]^[2]

History

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

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1973	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League^[3]
1979	Obaidul Huq Khandaker	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[4]
1986	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League^[5]
1988	Abu Salek	Jatiya Party (Ershad)^[6]
1991	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996	Obaidul Huq Khandaker	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Sep 1996 by-election	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League
2001	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008	Mosharraf Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League
2014
2018
2024	Mahboob Rahman Ruhel
2026	Nurul Amin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nurul Amin	127,645	58.19	+58.2
	Jamaat	Saifur Rahman	81,227	37.03	+20.2
	IAB	Ferdous Ahmed Chowdhury	2,064	0.94	+0.5
	JP(E)	Syed Shahadat Hossain	1,631	0.74	+0.8
Majority			46,418	21.15
Turnout			219,418	57.73
Registered electors			380,102

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	266,666	98.01	−2.39
	BNP	Nurul Amin	3,991	1.47	−45.63
	IAB	Md. Samsuddin	1,418	0.52	+0.52
Majority			262,675	96.54	+91.24
Turnout			272,075	86.37	+0.82
Registered electors			315,016
	AL hold

Mosharraf Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-1^[1]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	105,339	52.4	+4.4
	BNP	ADM Kamal Uddin Chowdhury	94,665	47.1	−3.6
	Independent	Abu Salek	441	0.2	0.0
	BKP	Md. Yousuf	399	0.2	N/A
	BSD	Safiul Alam	250	0.1	N/A
Majority			10,674	5.3	+2.7
Turnout			201,094	85.5	+9.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-1^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	86,839	50.7	+24.7
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	82,333	48.0	−24.9
	IJOF	Ali Ashraf Chowdhury	921	0.5	N/A
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	307	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Abu Salek	294	0.2	N/A
	Muslim League	M. A. Aziz	226	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Md. Kefayet Hossain	138	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Nur Uddin Ahmed	111	0.1	−0.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Ibrahim Iqbal	62	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Absar	51	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abu Ahmad Jahirul Amin Khan	45	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nurul Abser Chowdhury	24	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,506	2.6	−44.3
Turnout			171,351	76.2	+9.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 and Chittagong-1. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.^[11] Mosharraf Hossain was elected in a September 1996 by-election.^[12]

Chittagong-1 by-election, 1996^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	83,600	72.9	+27.8
	BNP	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	29,786	26.0	−22.2
	JP(E)	Ali Ashraf Chowdhury	895	0.8	−0.9
	Independent	Nur Uddin Ahmed	306	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jaffar Uddin Ahmed	153	0.1	N/A
Majority			53,814	46.9	+43.8
Turnout			114,740	66.4	−12.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-1^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	66,336	48.2	−4.2
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	62,043	45.1	+7.5
	Jamaat	Md. Badrul Alam	6,102	4.4	−3.9
	JP(E)	Ali Asfraf Chowdhury	2,382	1.7	N/A
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	511	0.4	−0.8
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	M. A. Aziz	199	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mohammad Nurul Gani	129	0.1	0.0
Majority			4,293	3.1	−11.7
Turnout			137,702	78.5	+18.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-1^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNP	Mohamad Ali Jinnah	66,969	52.4
	AL	Mosharraf Hossain	48,030	37.6
	Jamaat	Shamsuddin	10,605	8.3
	CPB (M-L)	Dilip Barua	1,552	1.2
	Independent	Ridwanul Bari	228	0.2
	Zaker Party	Mirza Md. Nurul Haq	183	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abdul Manan	161	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Sk. Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury	82	0.1
Majority			18,939	14.8
Turnout			127,810	60.0
	BNP gain from

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History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

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