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{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}
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'''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''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]] since 2019 by [[Jafar Alam]] of the [[Awami League]].
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| [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]]
| [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]]
| [[A. H. Salahuddin Mahmud]]
| [[A. H. Salahuddin Mahmud]]
| [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" />
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| [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]]
| [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]]
| [[Enamul Haq Manju]]
| [[Enamul Haq Manju]]
| [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]
| [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]
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|style="background-color:{{Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
| [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]]
| [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]]
| [[Salahuddin Ahmed (politician)|Salah Uddin Ahmed]]
| [[Salahuddin Ahmed (Cox's Bazar politician)|Salah Uddin Ahmed]]
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
| [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]]
| [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]]
| [[Hasina Ahmed]]
| [[Hasina Ahmed]]
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |
| [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]]
| [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]]
| [[Mohammed Ellias]]
| [[Mohammed Ellias]]
| [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]
| [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]
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| [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]]
| [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]]
| [[Jafar Alam]]
| [[Jafar Alam]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|candidate = [[Salahuddin Ahmed (politician)|Salah Uddin Ahmed]]
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|votes = 72,594
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|percentage = 46.2
|percentage = 46.2
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<ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Cox's Bazar-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cox%27s%20Bazar-1&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Cox's Bazar-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cox%27s%20Bazar-1&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Chittagong |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Chittagong |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
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<ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030207/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=294 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=294 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
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Revision as of 13:12, 24 May 2024

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)

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.

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[5][6]
1991 Enamul Haq Manju Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Salah Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Hasina Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Mohammed Ellias Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2018 Jafar Alam Awami League[1]

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.[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-1[2][8][9]
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[10]
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[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Salah Uddin Ahmed 72,594 46.2 +31.2
AL Salah Uddin Ahmed CIP 50,829 32.4 +2.1
Jamaat-e-Islami 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 Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Enamul Haq Manju 37,893 35.0
AL Johirul Islam 32,849 30.3
NDP Salahuddin Kader 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
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References

  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.

21°46′N 92°05′E / 21.76°N 92.08°E / 21.76; 92.08