Cox's Bazar-1

For other uses, see Cox's Bazar (disambiguation).

Cox's Bazar-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Cox's Bazar-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Cox's Bazar District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	390,829 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 293 Chittagong-16 295 Cox's Bazar-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chakaria and Pekua upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Chittagong constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A. H. Salahuddin Mahmud	Jatiya Party (Ershad)[5][6]
	1991	Enamul Haq Manju	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Salah Uddin Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001
	2008	Hasina Ahmed
	2014	Mohammed Ellias	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Jafar Alam	Bangladesh Awami League[1]
	2024	Syed Muhammad Ibrahim	Bangladesh Kalyan Party[7]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mohammed Ellias was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-1^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Hasina Ahmed	156,512	56.2	−7.2
	AL	Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP	121,111	43.5	+8.5
	BSD	Rafiqul Ahsan	706	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party	Mohammad Iftekhar Uddin	175	0.1	N/A
Majority			35,401	12.7	−15.7
Turnout			278,504	89.3	+14.6
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmad	134,602	63.4	+17.2
	AL	Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP	74,297	35.0	+2.6
	IJOF	Abdul Hamid	1,039	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Shafiul Alam	655	0.3	N/A
	WPB	Abu Md. Bashirul Alam	554	0.3	0.0
	Independent	Maksudul Haq Chuttu	406	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shafi Ullah	241	0.1	−0.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Sohrab Hossain	204	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Ziauddin	154	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Fajlul Karim	81	0.0	N/A
	JSD	M. Ali Amir Khan Parvez	60	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Nurul Kader	54	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Bahadur Shah	49	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Nurul Absar	42	0.0	N/A
Majority			60,305	28.4	+14.5
Turnout			212,438	74.7	+0.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmed	72,594	46.2	+31.2
	AL	Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP	50,829	32.4	+2.1
	JI	Enamul Haq Manju	27,054	17.2	−17.8
	IOJ	Md. Abdur Rahim Bakhali	4,313	2.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Monwar Alam	1,083	0.7	N/A
	WPB	Abu Md. Bashirul Alam	423	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shafi Ullah	296	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Rafique Ahmed	212	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ibrahim Chowdhury	89	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Momtajul Islam	69	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abul Hossain Monu	64	0.0	N/A
Majority			21,765	13.9	+9.2
Turnout			157,026	74.2	+22.9
	BNP gain from JI

General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Enamul Haq Manju	37,893	35.0
	AL	Johirul Islam	32,849	30.3
	National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury	20,311	18.7
	BNP	Mahmudul Karim	16,238	15.0
	BAKSAL	S. A. K. Shamsul Huda	484	0.4
	Jatiya Jukta Front	Selim Chowdhury	373	0.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Ibrahim	220	0.2
Majority			5,044	4.7
Turnout			108,368	51.3
	JI gain from JP(E)