Chittagong-15
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Chittagong-15 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Chittagong-15 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Chittagong District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 506,059 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Member of Parliament | Shajahan Chowdhury |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Lohagara Upazila and all but six union parishads of Satkania Upazila Bazlia, Dharmapur, Kalais, Keochia, Khagaria, and Puranagar integrating the remaining areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]
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.[1][2]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaat | Shajahan Chowdhury | 181,238 | 57.6 | +40.4 | |
| BNP | Najmul Mostafa Amin | 130,661 | 41.5 | +41.5 | |
| IAB | Shariful Alam Chowdhury | 2,909 | 0.9 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 50,577 | 16.1 | −49.3 | ||
| Turnout | 314,808 | 64.0 | −16.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 506,059 | ||||
| Jamaat gain from Independent | Swing | +41.0 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abu Reza Mohammad Nejamuddin | 259,375 | 82.60 | −13.2 | |
| Jamaat | A.N.M Shamsul Islam | 53,986 | 17.19 | +17.2 | |
| IAB | Nurul Alam | 623 | 0.20 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 205,389 | 65.41 | −26.2 | ||
| Turnout | 313,984 | 80.89 | +49.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 388,137 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abu Reza Mohammad Nejamuddin | 101,866 | 95.8 | +74.8 | ||
| BNF | Joynal Abedin Quaderi | 4,448 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
| Majority | 97,418 | 91.6% | +87.4 | |||
| Turnout | 106,314 | 31.6% | −55.3 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Jafrul Islam Chowdhury | 99,896 | 51.7 | −10.8 | |
| AL | Sultanul Kabir Chowdhary | 91,870 | 47.5 | +12.6 | |
| BIF | Mohammed Azizur Rahman Aziz | 1,133 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Gano Forum | Ranjit Kumar Sikdar | 415 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,026 | 4.2 | −23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 193,314 | 85.7 | +13.0 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Jafrul Islam Chowdhury | 100,856 | 62.5 | +24.5 | |
| AL | Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury | 56,314 | 34.9 | +6.4 | |
| IJOF | Aminur Rashid Chowdhury | 3,516 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Party Bangladesh | Mohiuddin Hiru | 357 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Saifuddin Ahmed | 213 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Progressive Party | Syed Mujibar Rahman Quayes | 66 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 44,542 | 27.6 | +18.1 | ||
| Turnout | 161,322 | 72.7 | +5.0 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Jafrul Islam Chowdhury | 45,392 | 38.0 | +27.9 | ||
| AL | Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury | 34,076 | 28.5 | −3.7 | ||
| JP(E) | Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury | 18,624 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
| Jamaat | Muminul Haque Chowdhury | 18,070 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
| IOJ | Izharul Islam Chowdhury | 2,048 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
| BIF | Abdur Rahman | 848 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Nurul Haque | 517 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 11,316 | 9.5 | +8.8 | |||
| Turnout | 119,575 | 67.7 | +19.3 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury | 29,704 | 32.2 | |||
| Independent | Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury | 29,078 | 31.5 | |||
| Jamaat | Mominul Haq | 21,271 | 23.0 | |||
| BNP | Abu Saleh Chowdhury | 9,308 | 10.1 | |||
| Bangladesh Janata Party | Kamal Uddin | 1,295 | 1.4 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mokhter Ahmed | 1,072 | 1.2 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Mujubur Rahman | 303 | 0.3 | |||
| BAKSAL | Kh. Md. Somi Uddin | 288 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 626 | 0.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 92,319 | 48.4 | ||||
| AL gain from JP(E) | ||||||