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Chattogram Division

Chattogram district

16 parliamentary seats · 15 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.

Seats16
Upazilas15
Parties2

About Chattogram district

Chittagong District, officially Chattogram District, is a district located in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The commercial capital of Bangladesh and the country's only two-dimensional city are both located in Chittagong District. In terms of establishment, this is the oldest district in Bangladesh, and by area, it is the second largest. The district is also home to the second-largest sea beach in Bangladesh after Cox's Bazar, known as Banshkhali Sea Beach. In addition, the longest hanging bridge in Bangladesh is located in this district.

History

Because of the natural harbour, Chittagong had been an important location for trade, drawing Arab traders as early as the 9th century CE. The region fell under the rule of kings from Arakan in the 16th and 17th centuries. During the 17th century, the region also faced a lot of attacks by Portuguese pirates, who occupied Sandwip for a long time. The Mughal Army under Shaista Khan conquered Chittagong in 1666 and established administration here. The district was later ceded to the British. The Chittagong Hill Tracts were separated from Chittagong in 1860.

Geography

Chittagong district is situated along the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, between the Bay of Bengal to the west, Cox's Bazar district to the south, the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the east, the Indian state of Tripura to the north and Feni district to the northwest. Within the Bay of Bengal is the island of Sandwip and several nearby islands, which together form an upazila of the district.

People

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Chittagong District had 2,143,909 households and a population of 9,169,465. The population density was 1,736 people per km2. 1,729,570 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. Chittagong District had a literacy rate of 81.1%, compared to the national average of 74.8%, and a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males.

Rivers

The major rivers running through Chittagong district are the Feni, Karnaphuli and Sangu. The Feni arises in Tripura state, and forms the entire border between Tripura and Chittagong district. It separates the Sitakunda hill range from the hill ranges in Tripura to the north.

Source: Wikipedia, Chittagong District · CC BY-SA 4.0

Map of the district

Chattogram district

Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 16 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.

Seats and their members

Chattogram is a district in Chattogram division with 16 seats in Parliament: Chattogram-1 to Chattogram-16. In the 13th Parliament, 1 seat is now vacant; of the remaining 15, the BNP holds 13 and Jamaat-e-Islami 2. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 12, independents 3 and the Jatiya Party 1.

Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026

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Members, seats, committees and sessions come from the Parliament of Bangladesh website; voter numbers from the Election Commission, and the Cabinet from the Cabinet Division. The sources of election results and biographies are given separately on each page.

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