Chittagong-11 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...
(National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
since 2014 by
M. Abdul Latif of the
Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Chittagong City Corporation
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is a self-governing agency that governs the municipal areas of Chattogram and some adjoining areas of south-eastern Bangladesh.
CCC government is elected by popular vote every 5 years.
Administration
Chattogr ...
wards 27 through 30 and 36 through 41.
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
In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populatio ...
.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for
Sandwip Upazila
Sandwip ( bn, সন্দ্বীপ) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char.
History
Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district l ...
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-11 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-10. Previously Chittagong-11 encompassed all but five
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s of
Patiya Upazila
Patiya ( bn, পটিয়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
History
During the British rule, a police station(thana) was established in Patiya in 1845. It was upgraded to an ''upazila'' in 1984. The ...
: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha .
Members of Parliament
Key
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Chittagong District
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