Chittagong-4
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Chittagong-4 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Chittagong District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 448,380 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Member of Parliament | Vacant[a] |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses the entirety of Sitakunda Upazila, the Bangladesh Military Academy, and parts of the Chattogram City Corporation, specifically No. 9 North Pahartali Ward and No. 10 North Kattali Ward, integrating these areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[2]
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. Previously Chittagong-4 encompassed Bayazid Thana and Hathazari Upazila.[2][3]
Members of Parliament
- Political parties
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Aslam Chowdhury | 142,674 | 61.51 | +49.84 | ||
| Jamaat | Anowar Siddiqui Chowdhury | 89,268 | 38.49 | +32.29 | ||
| Majority | 53,406 | 23.02 | −53.28 | |||
| Turnout | 231,942 | 51.73 | −13.64 | |||
| Registered electors | 448,380 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Didarul Alam | 226,118 | 87.97 | +7.0 | |
| BNP | Aslam Chowdhury | 30,014 | 11.67 | −1.0 | |
| JP(E) | Md. Didarul Kabir | 907 | 0.35 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 196,104 | 76.30 | −6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 257,039 | 65.37 | +19.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 393,228 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Didarul Alam | 153,391 | 95.1 | +40.7% | ||
| JSD | AFM Mafijur Rahman | 4,462 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| WPB | Mohammad Didarul Alam Chowdhury | 2,212 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Jatiya Party (M) | AAM Haydar Ali Chowdhury | 1,250 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 148,929 | 83.0 | +83.0% | |||
| Turnout | 161,279 | 46.1 | −35.7% | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | ABM Abul Kashem | 136,298 | 54.4 | +18.5 | ||
| BNP | Aslam Chowdhury | 112,930 | 45.0 | −18.8 | ||
| CPB | Md. Macheuddulla | 850 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| NPP | Kazi Mohammal Eusuf Alam | 435 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Sachindra Lal Dey | 213 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 23,368 | 9.3 | −18.6 | |||
| Turnout | 250,726 | 81.8 | +14.0 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Rafiqul Anwar | 108,011 | 55.9 | +3.3 | |
| BNP | Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary | 82,518 | 42.7 | +2.3 | |
| BIF | Fazlul Haq Islamabadi | 990 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
| IJOF | Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury | 892 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | M. Badiur Rahman | 684 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 25,493 | 13.2 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 193,095 | 69.8 | +57.6 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Rafiqul Anwar | 72,546 | 52.6 | +5.5 | |
| BNP | Jamal Uddin Ahmed | 55,703 | 40.4 | −1.4 | |
| Jamaat | Jahangir Chowdhury | 8,529 | 6.2 | N/A | |
| BIF | Md. Jasim Uddin | 458 | 0.3 | −1.1 | |
| JP(E) | Jahir Uddin Chowdhury | 338 | 0.3 | −1.7 | |
| Gano Forum | Md. Muzibul Haque | 217 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Zaker Party | Abdul Hye | 163 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,843 | 12.2 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 137,954 | 70.0 | +26.3 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Syed Nozibul Bosor | 51,679 | 47.1 | |||
| BNP | Nuruchchhapa | 45,894 | 41.8 | |||
| Independent | Salahuddin | 3,940 | 3.6 | |||
| JP(E) | Kazi Sirajul Islam | 2,222 | 2.0 | |||
| Bangladesh Janata Party | Jahangir Hossain | 1,543 | 1.4 | |||
| BIF | Moin-Uddin | 1,539 | 1.4 | |||
| WPB | Suja Uddin | 1,534 | 1.4 | |||
| IOJ | Hafez Nurul Islam | 932 | 0.8 | |||
| JSD | Rashid Ahamed | 208 | 0.2 | |||
| Independent | Saleh Ahmad | 151 | 0.1 | |||
| JSD (S) | Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury | 74 | 0.1 | |||
| Democratic League | Mujibul Haq Chowdhury | 74 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 5,785 | 5.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 109,790 | 43.7 | ||||
| AL gain from | ||||||
Notes
- Election Commission has postponed the results.[1]
- Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 153,391 and 153,815 votes for the winner, and between 1,250 and 6,848 votes for the Jatiya Party (Manju) candidate, but the discrepancies in the figures are not large enough to change the overall outcome.
