Chittagong-4

Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	393,228 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sitakunda Upazila and Bangladesh Military Academy and Chattogram City Corporation No.9 North Pahartali Ward and No.10 North Kattali Ward.^[2]

History

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

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. Previously Chittagong-4 encompassed Bayazid Thana and Hathazari Upazila.^[2][3]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Nurul Alam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League[4]
	1979	Jamal Uddin Ahmad	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
	1986	Nurul Alam Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League[6]
	1988	Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)[7]
	1991	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	Bangladesh Awami League
	1996	Rafiqul Anwar
	2008	Anisul Islam Mahmud	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Didarul Alam	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024	SM Al Mamun	Bangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chittagong-4^[8][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Didarul Alam[note 1]	153,391	95.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	AFM Mafijur Rahman	4,462	2.8	N/A
	WPB	Mohammad Didarul Alam Chowdhury	2,212	1.4	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	AAM Haydar Ali Chowdhury[note 1]	1,250	0.8	N/A
Majority			148,929	92.3	+82.1
Turnout			161,279	46.1	−51.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-4^[3][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ABM Abul Kashem	136,298	54.4	+18.5
	BNP	Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury	112,930	45.0	−18.8
	CPB	Md. Macheuddulla	850	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party	Kazi Mohammal Eusuf Alam	435	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sachindra Lal Dey	213	0.1	N/A
Majority			23,368	9.3	−18.6
Turnout			250,726	81.8	+14.0
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chittagong-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rafiqul Anwar	108,011	55.9	+3.3
	BNP	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	82,518	42.7	+2.3
	BIF	Fazlul Haq Islamabadi	990	0.5	+0.2
	IJOF	Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury	892	0.5	N/A
	Independent	M. Badiur Rahman	684	0.4	N/A
Majority			25,493	13.2	+1.0
Turnout			193,095	69.8	+57.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Rafiqul Anwar	72,546	52.6	+5.5
	BNP	Jamal Uddin Ahmed	55,703	40.4	−1.4
	JI	Jahangir Chowdhury	8,529	6.2	N/A
	BIF	Md. Jasim Uddin	458	0.3	−1.1
	JP(E)	Jahir Uddin Chowdhury	338	0.3	−1.7
	Gano Forum	Md. Muzibul Haque	217	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abdul Hye	163	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,843	12.2	+6.9
Turnout			137,954	70.0	+26.3
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-4^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Syed Nozibul Bosor	51,679	47.1
	BNP	Nuruchchhapa	45,894	41.8
	Independent	Salahuddin	3,940	3.6
	JP(E)	Kazi Sirajul Islam	2,222	2.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Jahangir Hossain	1,543	1.4
	BIF	Moin-Uddin	1,539	1.4
	WPB	Suja Uddin	1,534	1.4
	IOJ	Hafez Nurul Islam	932	0.8
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Rashid Ahamed	208	0.2
	Independent	Saleh Ahmad	151	0.1
	JSD (S)	Mazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury	74	0.1
	Democratic League	Mujibul Haq Chowdhury	74	0.1
Majority			5,785	5.3
Turnout			109,790	43.7
	AL gain from

Notes

1. Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 153,391 and 153,815 votes for the winner, and between 1,250 and 6,848 votes for the Jatiya Party (Manju) candidate, but the discrepancies in the figures are not large enough to change the overall outcome.