In the 13th National Parliamentary Election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured victory in 14 out of 16 seats in Chattogram, with the remaining two seats going to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidates.
The unofficial results were announced on Thursday night following the voting. BNP candidates emerged victorious by significant margins in most constituencies, although some seats saw close contests.
For instance, in the Chattogram-1 (Mirsarai) constituency, BNP candidate Nurul Amin (Sheaf of Paddy) unofficially won with 128,799 votes, while Jamaat candidate Saifur Rahman (Daripalla) received 84,538 votes.
In the Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency, BNP's Sarwar Alamgir won with
138,545 votes while Jamaat-nominated candidate Mohammad Nurul Amin received 62,160 votes.
In the Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency, BNP candidate Mustafa Kamal Pasha emerged victorious with 73,037 votes, including postal votes, while Jamaat
candidate Alauddin Sikder secured 39,662 votes.
In the Chattogram-4 (Sitakund and partially City) constituency, BNP candidate
Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury received 142,674 votes with the symbol "Sheaf of
Paddy" while Jamaat's Md. Anwar Siddique got 89,268 votes with "Daripalla".
In the Chattogram-5 (Hathazari) constituency, BNP's Barrister Mir Mohammad
Helal Uddin (Sheaf of Paddy) acquired 143,965 votes defeating Khilafat Majlis' candidate Maulana Md. Nasir Uddin Munir (Rickshaw) who received 44,708 votes.
In the Chattogram-6 (Raujan) constituency, BNP candidate Gias Uddin Quader
Chowdhury secured 1,12,237 votes while Mohammad Ilias Noori (Mombati) of the Islamic Front received 27,146 votes.
In the Chattogram-7 (Rangunia) constituency, BNP's Humam Quader Chowdhury won with 1,11,445 votes while Dr. ATM Rezaul Karim, the Jamaat candidate, received 41,719 votes.
BNP candidate Ershad Ullah secured victory in the Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency with 150,737 votes after defeating Jamaat candidate
Abu Naser who received 52,033 votes.
In Chattogram-9 (Kotwali) constituency, BNP's Mohammad Abu Sufian garnered
109,388 votes while Jamaat candidate Dr. AKM Fazlul Haque received 53,807 votes.
Moving on to the Chattogram-10 constituency, BNP's Sayed Al Noman received
121,364 votes, surpassing Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Mohammad Shamsuzzaman
Helali, who got 74,407 votes.
In Chattogram-11 constituency, BNP candidate Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury secured victory with 1,15,999 votes, defeating Jamaat candidate Mohammad Shafiul Alam, who received 76,681 votes.
In the Chattogram-12 (Patiya) constituency, BNP candidate Enamul Haque Enam
secured 1,35,044 votes while Islamic Front's Syed Air Mohammad Payaru received 28,999 votes.
Moving on to the Chattogram-13 constituency, BNP candidate Sarwar Jamal Nizam garnered 1,26,192 votes with Islamic Front's SM Shahjahan coming in second with 51,450 votes.
In Chattogram-14, BNP's Jasim Uddin Ahmed emerged victorious with 76,493
votes, narrowly beating LDP's Professor Omar Faruk who received 75,467 votes,
a difference of only 1,026 votes.
In the Chattogram-15 constituency, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Shahjahan Chowdhury (Daripalla) received 181,238 votes while BNP's Nazmul Mustafa Amin secured 130,661 votes.
Lastly, in the Chattogram-16 constituency, Jamaat Islami candidate Maulana
Zahirul Islam (Daripalla) won with 93,167 votes, defeating BNP candidate
Mishkatul Islam Chowdhury Pappa, who received 83,105 votes.
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