Chittagong-8

Chittagong-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

The constituency encompasses Chattogram City Corporation wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and all but one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip.

[2] The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

[4] Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district.

[19] Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.