Khagrachhari (Jatiya Sangsad constituency)

Khagrachhari is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh, represented, since 2014, by Kujendra Lal Tripura of the Awami League.

Khagrachhari
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictKhagrachhari Hill District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate441,743 (2018)
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyBangladesh Awami League
Member of ParliamentKujendra Lal Tripura
Prev. ConstituencyCox's Bazar-4 (Constituency 297)
Next ConstituencyRangamati (Constituency 299)

Boundaries

The constituency consists of the entirety of the Khagrachhari Hill District.[1][2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2018: Khagrachhari[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
  1. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. "Khagrachhari". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

23.11°N 91.99°E / 23.11; 91.99


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.