The Awami League has bagged seven constituencies in the 10th parliamentary elections held on Sunday. The port city is divided into 16 parliamentary constituencies.
Of the constituencies, the Awami League-backed candidates have been elected unofficially in seven seats.
In Chittagong 2 constituency, Syed Nojubul Boshor Maijvandari bagged 125351 votes while his nearest contestant independent candidate Dr Mahmud Hasan got 12433 votes.
In Chittagong 4 constituency, Didarul Alam got 153815 votes while his nearest contestant Jatiya Party (JP)-backed candidate AAM Haydar Ali Chowdhury got 6848 votes.
In Chittagong 11 constituency, M Abdul Latif got 64032 votes while his nearest contestant Jatiya Party-backed Kamal Uddin Chowdhury secured 1990 votes.
In Chittagong 12 constituency, Samshul Haque Chowdhury bagged 128214 votes while his nearest contender Jatiya Party-backed Sirajul Islam Chowdhury got 10197 votes.
In Chittagong 13 constituency, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury secured 178985 votes while his nearest contestant Jatiya Party-backed Tapan Chakrabarti got 5418 votes.
In Chittagong 15 constituency, Abu reza Mohammad Nejamuddin got 101866 votes while his nearest contender BNF-backed Alhajj Joynal Abedin Quaderi got 4448 votes.
In Chittagong 16 constituency, Mostafijur Rahman Chowdhury bagged 147855 votes while his nearest contestant Jatiya Party (JP)-backed AAM Haydar Ali Chowdhury got 6848 votes.
The city also witnessed a good voter turnout than other divisions of the country.
District Returning officer and deputy commissioner Abdul Mannan said 50% (average) vote has been casted in Chittagong.
A total of 45% turnout was counted in Chittagong 2 constituency while 70% in Chittagong 3, 52% in Chittagong 12, 60% in Chittagong 13, 33% in Chittagong 15 and 33% in Chittagong 16 constituency.
