Cox's Bazar-1

Cox's Bazar-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Jafar Alam of the Awami League.

Cox's Bazar-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictCox's Bazar District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate390,829 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Awami League
Member of ParliamentJafar Alam
Council area
Prev. ConstituencyChittagong-16 (Constituency 293)
Next ConstituencyCox's Bazar-2 (Constituency 295)

Boundaries

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

History

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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

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ElectionMemberParty
1986A. H. Salahuddin MahmudJatiya Party[5][6]
1991Enamul Haq ManjuBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996Salah Uddin AhmedBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Hasina AhmedBangladesh Nationalist Party
2014Mohammed ElliasJatiya Party (Ershad)
2018Jafar AlamAwami League[1]

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Mohammed Ellias was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-1[2][8][9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNPHasina Ahmed156,51256.2-7.2
ALSalah Uddin Ahmed CIP121,11143.5+8.5
BSDRafiqul Ahsan7060.3N/A
National People's PartyMohammad Iftekhar Uddin1750.1N/A
Majority35,40112.7-15.7
Turnout278,50489.3+14.6
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-1[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNPSalah Uddin Ahmad134,60263.4+17.2
ALSalah Uddin Ahmed CIP74,29735.0+2.6
IJOFAbdul Hamid1,0390.5N/A
IndependentShafiul Alam6550.3N/A
WPBAbu Md. Bashirul Alam5540.30.0
IndependentMaksudul Haq Chuttu4060.2N/A
IndependentMd. Shafi Ullah2410.1-0.1
Jatiya Party (M)Sohrab Hossain2040.1N/A
IndependentZiauddin1540.1N/A
IndependentFajlul Karim810.0N/A
JSDM. Ali Amir Khan Parvez600.0N/A
IndependentNurul Kader540.0N/A
IndependentBahadur Shah490.0N/A
IndependentNurul Absar420.0N/A
Majority60,30528.4+14.5
Turnout212,43874.7+0.5
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-1[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNPSalah Uddin Ahmed72,59446.2+31.2
ALSalah Uddin Ahmed CIP50,82932.4+2.1
Jamaat-e-IslamiEnamul Haq Manju27,05417.2-17.8
IOJMd. Abdur Rahim Bakhali4,3132.7N/A
JP(E)Md. Monwar Alam1,0830.7N/A
WPBAbu Md. Bashirul Alam4230.3N/A
IndependentMd. Shafi Ullah2960.2N/A
IndependentMd. Rafique Ahmed2120.1N/A
IndependentMd. Ibrahim Chowdhury890.1N/A
IndependentMomtajul Islam690.0N/A
IndependentAbul Hossain Monu640.0N/A
Majority21,76513.9+9.2
Turnout157,02674.2+22.9
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-1[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Jamaat-e-IslamiEnamul Haq Manju37,89335.0
ALJohirul Islam32,84930.3
NDPSalahuddin Kader Chowdhury20,31118.7
BNPMahmudul Karim16,23815.0
BAKSALS. A. K. Shamsul Huda4840.4
Jatiya Jukta FrontSelim Chowdhury3730.3
Zaker PartyMd. Ibrahim2200.2
Majority5,0444.7
Turnout108,36851.3
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cox's Bazar-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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