Chittagong-16
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| Chittagong-16 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Chittagong District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 404,559 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2008 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Member of Parliament | Mohammad Zahirul Islam |
Chattogram-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
The constituency encompasses the entirety of Banshkhali Upazila, integrating the area under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1]
History
The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[2] The 2008 redistricting added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16.[3] The seat for Sandwip Upazila was renumbered from Chittagong-3 to Chittagong-16, and seats 2 through 7 were shuffled around so that the three metropolitan seats (Chittagong-8, 9, and 10) could be split into four (Chittagong-7, 8, 9, and 10).[4][5]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chattogram-16 back 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 Chattogram-16 covers the area covered in 2008 by Chittagong-15.[5][1]
