Bangladesh · electoral area 287

Chittagong-9

Parliamentary election results for 1991, 1996 and 2001, with candidate votes and constituency totals.

Historical data. These results describe past elections, not current officeholders. The 2001 totals have been compared with the Bangladesh Election Commission’s report; independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

1991 election

17 candidates

Candidate results for Chittagong-9 in 1991
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Abdullah Al Noman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	49,818	45.23
2	Md. A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League	48,245	43.8
3	Afsar Uddin Chowdhury	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	8,392	7.62
4	Alhaz Dastagir Chowdhury	Jatiya Party	1,459	1.32
5	Md. Sirajul Haq	Bangladesh Krisak Sromik Awami League	1,219	1.11
6	Nurul Absar Chowdhury	Bangladesh Islami Front	167	0.15
7	M A Ansari	Bangladesh Muslim League(Kader)	152	0.14
8	Md. Abdussalam	Independent	148	0.13
9	S K Khoda	Freedom Party	99	0.09
10	Shukhomoy Chatterjee	Independent	88	0.08
11	Mau. Md. Abdur Rahim Islamabadi	Bangladesh Khelafot Andolon	84	0.08
12	M A Haider Chowdhury	Jaker Party	61	0.06
13	Afaz Ullah Khan	Independent	56	0.05
14	Abdul Hai	Independent	50	0.05
15	Monsur Ahmad Shofi	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Rob)	35	0.03
16	Syed Mostofa Jamal	Bangladesh National Awami Party(Vasani)	35	0.03
17	Abdul halim	Gonotantry Party	32	0.03

Valid votes: 110,140
Invalid votes: Not recorded
Votes cast: Not recorded
Total voters: 223,027

1996 election

13 candidates

Candidate results for Chittagong-9 in 1996
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	M.A. Manan	Bangladesh Awami League	99,240	48.8
2	Abdullah-Al-Noman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	85,171	41.88
3	Alhaj Afsar Uddin Chowdhury	Jamat-E-Islami Bangladesh	10,724	5.27
4	Md. Zahangir Alam	Jatiya Party	4,454	2.19
5	Kafil Uddin	Gono Forum	2,097	1.03
6	Md. Abdus Shabur	Bangladesh Islami Front	606	0.3
7	Kazi Shajahan	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal(Khalekuzzaman)	453	0.22
8	A.M. Abdul Goffar Khan	Bangladesh National Awami Party(Vasani)	150	0.07
9	M.A. Haider Chowdhury	Jaker Party	138	0.07
10	Engineer Mohammad abdul Rajjak	Bangladesh Khelafot Andolon	114	0.06
11	Alhaj Md. Hasan Bachchu	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Inu)	88	0.04
12	Md. Oli Ahmed	Independent	70	0.03
13	Md. Azam Khan	Independent	67	0.03

Valid votes: 203,372
Invalid votes: 1,753
Votes cast: 205,125
Total voters: 304,470

2001 election

13 candidates

Candidate results for Chittagong-9 in 2001
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1	Abdullah Al Noman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party & Alliance	131,639	52.79
2	M. A. Mannan	Bangladesh Awami League	111,935	44.89
3	Syed Muhibuddin Md. Toufique	Islami Jatiyo Oikya Front	2,236	0.9
4	M. A. Matin	Bangladesh Islami Frant	1,230	0.49
5	Md. Ataullah Khan	Liberal Party Bangladesh	930	0.37
6	Kazi Shahjahan	Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	609	0.24
7	Md. Rashidul Haq (B. Sc.)	Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon	185	0.07
8	Alamgir Chowdhury	Bangladesh Proressive Party (BPP)	183	0.07
9	Md. Aslam	Independent (Kula)	180	0.07
10	Nurul Islam B.Sc.	Independent (Clock)	91	0.04
11	Md. Yakub Hossain	Jatiya Party (Monju)	67	0.03
12	Al. Dr. Kazi Md. Yusuf	Independent (Wrist Watch)	54	0.02
13	Hazi M. A. Salam	Independent (Fez Cap)	37	0.01

Valid votes: 249,376
Invalid votes: 1,480
Votes cast: 250,856
Total voters: 413,465

Verification

The four 2001 vote totals match the Bangladesh Election Commission’s 2001 statistical report. The first-ranked candidate’s vote count was also checked. Independent checks for 1991 and 1996 remain pending.

Some vote totals are unavailable for this constituency; they appear as “Not recorded.”