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Chittagong-9
Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through 23 and 31 through 35. 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. The 2008 reapportionment added one seat to Chittagong City and altered the boundaries of the three other seats in the city, including this one. 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 prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Al Noman
Abdullah Al Noman is a Bangladeshi politician who is a vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He served as a minister of fisheries and food at the Second Khaleda Cabinet. Career Noman was elected to Parliament from Kotwali, Chittagong-9 in 1991. On 19 August 1998, the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Commission sued Noman for failure to submit a wealth statement with Dhanmondi Police Station. The charge sheet was submitted on 30 May 2000. The case was taken over by the Anti-Corruption Commission which succeeded the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Commission in 2004. Noman was elected to Parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served as the Minister of fisheries and livestock in the Second Khaleda Zia Cabinet. Noman contest the 9th General Election from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He lost the election to Afsarul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harun Aur Rashid Khan
Harun Aur Rashid Khan is a politician from Chittagong District of Bangladesh. He was elected a member of parliament from Chittagong-9 in a 1988 by-election. Career Harun Aur Rashid Khan was elected a member of parliament for constituency Chittagong-9 Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through ... as a Jatiya Party candidate. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Chittagong District Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians 4th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Bangladesh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (born 26 July 1983) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is the Deputy Minister of Education and a Jatiya Sangsad representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He is the elder son of veteran Awami politician ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Chattogram, Bangladesh on 26 July 1983. His father, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the mayor of Chattogram, the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Mohibul Chowdhoury's entry and patronage in politics is connected to his father's career. His mother is Hasina Mohiuddin, who is the incumbent Chattogram City Mohila Awami League (AL) president Chowdhury graduated from London School of Economics with a law and anthropology degree and was called as a barrister of Lincoln's Inn following post graduation from the University of Law. Career Chowdhury was elected to Jatiya Sangsad on 30 December 2018 in 2018 general election from Chit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong-10
Chittagong-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Afsarul Amin of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26. 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. 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-10 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-9. Previously Chittagong-10 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is a self-governing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arif Moinuddin
Arif Moinuddin is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-9 Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through .... Career Moinuddin was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah
Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-9 Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through .... Career Mohammad Sekander Hossain Miah was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Chittagong District Year of birth missing (living people) {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafiluddin
Kafiluddin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-9 Chittagong-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through .... Career Kafiluddin was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. References Awami League politicians Living people 1st Jatiya Sangsad members People from Chittagong District Year of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong-8
Chittagong-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The incumbent MP this constituency is Moslem Uddin Ahmad. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 3 through 7, and all but one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip. 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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-8 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-7. Previo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time. Electoral system The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote. Voter turnout was 54.9%. Though the Awami League was already the clear favourite before the elections, Sheikh Mujib's government put major effort into winning every seat. This led to a nearly complete obliteration of the opposition, with most of the leadership of opposition parties failing to win seats, including Major Jalil (Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal), Rashed Khan Menon, Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Aleem al-Razee (National Awami Party (Bhashani)), and Suranjit Sengupta (National Awami Party (Muzaffar)). Results Vote share by district See also *List of members of the 1st Jatiya Sangsad References {{Bangladeshi elections General General elections in Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988. They were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 251 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 52.5%. Background In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad assumed the presidency in December 1983, promising to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. However, neither elections were held until 1986. Amid increasing opposition from the general public, Ershad aimed to legitimise his regime by holding a referendum in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Party (Ershad)
The Jatiya Party ( bn, জাতীয় পার্টি, translit=Jatiyo Party, lit=National Party) is a conservative, nationalist political party in Bangladesh and is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awami League. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammad Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. Currently, it holds Rangpur out of Bangladesh's 12 city corporations. History The party was established by a retired army officer, Hussain Mohammad Ershad on 1 January 1986. He was the Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army. He had seized power through a coup d'état on 24 March 1982. He ruled the country as chief martial law administrator till December 1983. Politics was banned during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |