Chattogram-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Mohammad Zahirul Islam of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Banshkhali Upazila.
History The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting added a new seat to Chattogram District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district to 16. The seat for Sandwip Upazila was renumbered from Chittagong-3 to Chittagong-16, and seats 2 through 7 were shuffled around so that the three metropolitan seats (Chittagong-8, 9, and 10) could be split into four (Chittagong-7, 8, 9, and 10).
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chattogram-16 back to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chattogram-16 covers the area covered in 2008 by Chittagong-15.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Shamsuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Awami League 1979 Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes 2008 Mostafa Kamal Pasha Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2014 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Awami League 2018 Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury Awami League 2024 Mujibur Rahman Independent 2026 Mohammad Zahirul Islam Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
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