Khagrachhari is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh, represented. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
Khagrachhari | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Khagrachhari Hill District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 441,743 (2018) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member of Parliament | vacant |
Prev. Constituency | Cox's Bazar-4 (Constituency 297) |
Next Constituency | Rangamati (Constituency 299) |
Boundaries
editThe constituency consists of the entirety of the Khagrachhari Hill District.[1][2]
Members of Parliament
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2022) |
Election | Member | Party | |
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Chittagong Hill Tracts-1 Constituency | |||
1954 | Birendra Kishore Roaza | Independent Candidate | |
1973 | Manabendra Narayan Larma | PCJSS | |
1979 | Upendra Lal Chakma | JSD | |
Renamed as Khagrachari | |||
1986 | AKM Alim Ullah | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
1988 | |||
1991 | Kalparanjan Chakma | Bangladesh Awami League | |
February 1996 | Wadud Bhuiyan | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
June 1996 | Kalparanjan Chakma | Awami League | |
2001 | Wadud Bhuiyan | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Jotindra Lal Tripura | Awami League | |
2014 | Kujendra Lal Tripura | ||
2018 |
Elections
editElections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Kujendra Lal Tripura | 236,156 | N/A | ||
Independent | Nutan Kumar Chakma | 59,257 | N/A | ||
BNP | Wadud Bhuiyan | 51,266 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Solaiman Alam | 2,340 | N/A | ||
Majority | 176,899 | ||||
Turnout | 349,019 | ||||
Registered electors | 441,843 | ||||
AL hold |
References
edit- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Khagrachhari". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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