Laxmipur district
4 parliamentary seats · 5 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Laxmipur district
Lakshmipur District or Laxmipur District is a district in Bangladesh with an area of 1,440 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmipur was part of Noakhali until 15 February 1984, when the western part of Noakhali was reorganised from Lakshmipur subdivision into Lakshmipur district to improve administrative efficiency.
History
As with the rest of the erstwhile Noakhali district, most of the Lakshmipur area was formed relatively recently from alluvial deposits brought by the Meghna. The region was formerly under the Samatata region of ancient Bengal and later formed part of the Bhulua Kingdom, which intermittently fell under the domination of the Bengal Sultans, Tripura and Rakhine. During the 14th century, a Sufi saint called by the locals Shah Miran arrived in the district to spread Islam among the local Hindus. His dargah is in Kanchanpur village of Ramganj Upazila. Bhulua was conquered by the Mughals in the early 17th century.
Geography
Lakshmipur is roughly triangular in shape. It borders Chandpur district to the north, Noakhali district to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts across the Meghna to the southwest. The southwestern portion of the district consists of chars formed by alluvial deposits of the Meghna, which are constantly shifting in position and size. There are very few major rivers, the two biggest being the Meghna and Dakatia.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Lakshmipur District had 459,344 households and a population of 1,937,948 with an average 4.16 people per household. Among the population, 431,467 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,345 people per km².
Source: Wikipedia, Lakshmipur District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notable people of Laxmipur
- Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
- Nishat Majumdar, first Bangladeshi woman to climb Mount Everest
- Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice · chancellor of the University of Dhaka
- Abdul Mannan, MP for Lakshmipur · 4
- Abul Khair Bhuiyan, former MP for Lakshmipur · 2
- Chowdhury Khurshid Alam, former MP for Lakshmipur · 2
- Hafezzi Huzur, founder of the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
- Harunur Rashid, former MP for Lakshmipur · 2
- Husne Ara Shahed, author and writer
- Khairul Enam, former MP for Lakshmipur · 3
- Mohammad Noman, Jatiya Party politician
- Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP for Lakshmipur · 2
Map of the 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. 4 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Laxmipur is a district in Chattogram division with 4 seats in Parliament: Laxmipur-1 (Ramganj upazila), Laxmipur-2, Laxmipur-3 and Laxmipur-4 (Ramgati and Kamalnagar upazilas). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by the BNP. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 3 and an independent 1.
Md. Shahadat HossainLaxmipur-1, BNP
Md Abul Khair BhuiyanLaxmipur-2, BNP
Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury AneeLaxmipur-3, BNP
A.B.M. Ashraf Uddin (Nizan)Laxmipur-4, BNP
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026