Shahjahan Chowdhury
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Government posts last checked: 24 October 2026, Cabinet
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Shahjahan Chowdhury is a member of the 13th Parliament elected from Chattogram-15 and Member of the Central Working Committee of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Shahjahan Chowdhury is the member of parliament for Chattogram-15 (Lohagara upazila and most of Satkania upazila) in the 13th Parliament. This leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has been elected member of parliament for the third time. He is a member of Jamaat's central working committee and a former ameer of the Chattogram metropolitan unit. In Parliament he is a member of the Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions.
Shahjahan Chowdhury was born in Chhamdar Para, Satkania, Chattogram district. He is the son of Obaidur Rahman Chowdhury.
He completed his primary education at Satkania Chhamdar Para Primary School and his secondary education at Satkania Model High School. He then obtained a Diploma in Commerce from Chittagong Government Polytechnic Institute and passed the BCom from Government City College, Chattogram. He later obtained an LLB degree. He is a businessman by profession.
He was first elected member of parliament in the election to the 5th Parliament in 1991. In the election to the 8th Parliament in 2001 he was elected for the second time, from Chattogram-14.
In the election to the 13th Parliament held on 12 February 2026 he was elected member of parliament for Chattogram-15 as the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate, winning 181,238 votes.
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Constituency
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.
Terms in Parliament
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-IslamiBJEIBangladesh Jamaat-e-IslamiBJEIAccording to the Parliament Secretariat, he has been elected an MP 3 times in all; details of 1 of the 2 earlier terms are given here. Parliament’s database holds the records of the 4th, 5th and 7th to 12th Parliaments; it has no lists for the 1st to 3rd and the 6th, so an earlier term in those, if any, does not appear here.
Votes won in the 2026 election
All results for the seat →- Shahjahan ChowdhuryJamaat-e-IslamiWinner181,23857.6%
- Nazmul Mustafa Amin
BNP130,66141.5% - Shariful Alam Chowdhury
Islami Andolan2,9090.9%
Parliament Secretariat notifications(1)
Seat: Chattogram-15
Seat page →(a) Lohagara upazila and (b) Satkania upazila, except the following unions: (1) Keochia, (2) Kaliais, (3) Bazalia, (4) Dharmapur, (5) Puranagar and (6) Khagaria
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