Chittagong-9

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Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate412,544 (2026)
Created1973
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Chittagong-9
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChittagong District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate412,544 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentMohammad Abu Sufian
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses parts of the Chattogram City Corporation, specifically Wards 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, integrating these areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 reapportionment added one seat to Chittagong City and altered the boundaries of the three other seats in the city, including this one.[4][5]

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-9 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-8. Previously Chittagong-9 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 11 through 14, and 24 through 26, and part of ward 8.[1][2]

In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines.[6]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)

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1973 Kafiluddin Bangladesh Awami League[7]
1979 Arif Moinuddin Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
1986 Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah Jatiya Party (Ershad)[9][10]
1988
1988 by-election Harun Aur Rashid Khan
1991 Abdullah Al Noman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 M. A. Manan Bangladesh Awami League
2001 Abdullah Al Noman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Nurul Islam Bangladesh Awami League
2014 Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2018 Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Bangladesh Awami League[11]
2024
2026 Mohammad Abu Sufian Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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General Election 2026: Chittagong-9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mohammad Abu Sufian 109,388 66.37 +59.08
Jamaat AKM Fazlul Haque 53,807 32.64 +27.34
GSA Sayed Mohammad Hasan Maruf 1,040 0.63 New
Majority 55,581 33.73 −51.38
Turnout 174,944 42.02 −42.84
Registered electors 416,362
BNP gain from AL
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Elections in the 2010s

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General Election 2018: Chittagong-9[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury 223,614 92.40 +36.80
BNP Dr. Shahadat Hossain 17,642 7.29 −36.11
IAB Md. Sheikh Amjad Hossain 742 0.31 +0.01
Majority 205,972 85.11 +72.81
Turnout 331,411 84.86 +5.06
Registered electors 390,431
AL gain from JP(E)
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General Election 2014: Chittagong-9[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu 79,779 91.9 +89.9
WPB Mohammad Abu Hanif 3,599 4.1 N/A
BNF Arif Moinuddin 1,762 2.0 N/A
NAP Ali Ahmad Najir 1,641 1.9 N/A
Majority 76,180 87.8 +84.5
Turnout 86,781 23.9 −68.5
JP(E) gain from AL
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Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Chittagong-9[1][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Nurul Islam 140,411 55.6 +15.2
BNP Shamsul Alam 109,484 43.4 −13.3
IAB Mohammed Rafiqul Alam 685 0.3 N/A
BIF Mohammad Nurul Islam Zehadi 680 0.3 −0.3
BSD Md. Shafi Uddin Kabir 568 0.2 N/A
NDP Tapan Chakrabarti 443 0.2 N/A
NPP Anamul Hoque 115 0.0 N/A
Majority 30,927 12.3 −4.1
Turnout 252,386 79.8 +13.7
AL gain from BNP
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General Election 2001: Chittagong-9[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdullah Al Noman 131,639 52.8 +10.9
AL M. A. Manan 111,935 44.9 −3.9
IJOF Syed Muhibuddin Md. Toufique 2,236 0.9 N/A
BIF M. A. Matin 1,230 0.5 +0.2
Liberal Party Bangladesh Md. Ataullah Khan 930 0.4 N/A
BSD Kazi Shahjahan 609 0.2 N/A
BKA Md. Rashidul Haq 185 0.1 −0.1
Progressive Party Alamgir Chowdhury 183 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Aslam 180 0.1 N/A
Independent Nurul Islam 91 0.0 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Yakub Hossain 67 0.0 N/A
Independent Kazi Md. Yusuf 54 0.0 N/A
Independent M. A. Salam 37 0.0 N/A
Majority 19,704 7.9 +1.0
Turnout 249,376 60.3 −6.5
BNP gain from AL
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Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Chittagong-9[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL M. A. Manan 99,240 48.8 +5.0
BNP Abdullah Al Noman 85,171 41.9 −3.3
Jamaat Afsar Uddin Chowdhury 10,724 5.3 −2.3
JP(E) Md. Zahangir Alam 4,454 2.2 +0.9
Gano Forum Kafil Uddin 2,097 1.0 N/A
BIF Md. Abdus Shabur 606 0.3 +0.1
BSD Kazi Shahjahan 453 0.2 N/A
NAP(B) A. M. Abdul Goffar Khan 150 0.1 +0.1
Zaker Party M. A. Haider Chowdhury 138 0.1 0.0
BKA Mohammad Abdul Rajjak 114 0.1 +0.1
JSD Md. Hasan Bachchu 88 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Oli Ahmed 70 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Azam Khan 67 0.0 N/A
Majority 14,069 6.9 +5.5
Turnout 203,372 66.8 +17.4
AL gain from BNP
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General Election 1991: Chittagong-9[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdullah Al Noman 49,818 45.2
AL A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury 48,245 43.8
Jamaat Afsar Uddin Chowdhury 8,392 7.6
JP(E) Dastagir Chowdhury 1,459 1.3
BAKSAL Md. Sirajul Haq 850 0.8
BIF Nurul Absar Chowdhury 167 0.2
BML M. A. Ansari 152 0.1
Independent Md. Abdussalam 148 0.1
FP S. K. Khoda 99 0.1
Independent Shukhomoy Chatterjee 88 0.1
BKA Md. Abdur Rahim Islamabadi 84 0.1
Zaker Party M. A. Haider Chowdhury 61 0.1
Independent Afaz Ullah Khan 56 0.1
Independent Abdul Hai 50 0.0
JSD Monsur Ahmad Shofi 35 0.0
NAP(B) Syed Mostofa Jamal 35 0.0
Ganatantri Party Abdul Halim 32 0.0
Majority 1,573 1.4
Turnout 110,140 49.4
BNP gain from JP(E)
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