Chittagong-13

Chittagong-13 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-13
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	310,466 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 289 Chittagong-12 291 Chittagong-14 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Karnaphuli Thana, Anwara Upazila, and five union parishads of Patiya Upazila: Bara Uthan, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Juldha, and Sikalbaha.^[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 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

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-13 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-12. Previously Chittagong-13 encompassed Chandanaish Upazila and seven union parishads of Satkania Upazila: Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar, and Sadaha.^[5][2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	B. M. Faizur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League[6]
	1979	Mahbub Kabir Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	1980 by-election	Oli Ahmad[8]
	1986	Afsar Uddin Ahmed	National Awami Party[9][10]
	Feb 1991	Oli Ahmad	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Sep 1996 by-election	Mamtaz Begum
	2001	Oli Ahmad
	2008		Liberal Democratic Party
	2014	Saifuzzaman Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-13^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Saifuzzaman Chowdhury	178,985	96.0	+61.6
	JP(E)	Tapan Chakrabarti	5,418	2.9	+2.6
	BNF	Narayan Rakkhit	1,954	1.0	N/A
Majority			173,567	93.1	+81.7
Turnout			186,357	68.3	−19.8
	AL gain from LDP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-13^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Oli Ahmad	82,036	45.8	N/A
	AL	Afsar Uddin Ahmed	61,646	34.4	−9.9
	BNP	Mizanul Haque Chowdhury	33,335	18.6	−35.2
	BIF	Shah Kholilur Rhaman	1,284	0.7	−0.5
	JP(E)	Mridul Guha	478	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party	Md. Aktaruzzaman	167	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Gulam Ishak Khan	83	0.0	N/A
Majority			20,390	11.4	+1.9
Turnout			179,029	88.1	+13.6
	LDP gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-13^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Oli Ahmad	70,016	53.8
	AL	Abser Uddin Ahmad	57,700	44.3
	BIF	Ahmad Hossain Al Kaderi	1,614	1.2
	IJOF	Mridul Guha	380	0.3
	Independent	Abul Kashem	293	0.2
	Independent	Abdul Nabi	155	0.1
	JSD	Syed Manjur Rahman Jubair	69	0.1
Majority			12,316	9.5
Turnout			130,227	74.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

Oli Ahmad stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Chittagong-13 and Chittagong-14. After winning both, he chose to represent Chittagong-14 and quit Chittagong-13, triggering a by-election in Chittagong-13.^[15][16] Mamtaz Begum of the BNP was elected in a September 1996 by-election.^[17]

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-13^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Oli Ahmad	62,323	61.8	+2.3
	AL	Nazrul Islam Chowdhury	30,728	30.5	−0.4
	JI	Shamsul Islam	6,433	6.4	−0.6
	JP(E)	Mridul Guha	651	0.6	−0.1
	CPB	Abdul Nabi	401	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Siddiqul Islam	112	0.1	−0.1
	FP	Md. Ali Jobaier	85	0.1	−0.1
	NAP	Syed Mostafa Kamal	61	0.1	N/A
Majority			31,595	31.3	+2.8
Turnout			100,794	77.7	+21.0
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-13^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Oli Ahmad	52,072	59.5
	AL	Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury	27,092	30.9
	JI	Shamsul Islam	6,108	7.0
	BIF	Md. Rezaul Karim	1,129	1.3
	JP(E)	Nurul Absar	612	0.7
	FP	Abu Syed	206	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. K. M. Shamsuddin	186	0.2
	Zaker Party	Nurul Islam	158	0.2
Majority			24,980	28.5
Turnout			87,563	56.7
	BNP gain from NAP