Chittagong-8 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 ...

(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 ...

. The incumbent MP this constituency is

Moslem Uddin Ahmad Moslem Uddin Ahmad (1 June 1948 – 6 February 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-8 constituency from January 2020 until his death. Biography Ahmad was appointed the vice p ...

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 3 through 7, and all but one

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 ...

Boalkhali Upazila Boalkhali ( bn, বোয়ালখালী) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Boalkhali is located at . It previously had 33514 households and its total area is 145.44 km2. According to ...

: 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 An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

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 populati ...

. 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. Previously Chittagong-8 encompassed Chittagong City Corporation wards 15 through 23 and 31 through 35.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Moin Uddin Khan Badal was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election:

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Feni-1 Feni-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Akhter of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas. ...

, and Chittagong-8. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Chittagong District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub