Comilla-8
Comilla-8 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Comilla District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 296,697 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Member of Parliament | A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim |
Council area | Barura Upazila |
Prev. Constituency | Comilla-7 (Constituency 255) |
Next Constituency | Comilla-9 (Constituency 258) |
Comilla-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim of the Awami League.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Barura Upazila.[2]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.[3][4]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Nurul Islam Milon was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | 141,428 | 52.8 | +27.3 | ||
BNP | Zakaria Taher | 121,887 | 45.5 | −3.0 | ||
BTF | Sayed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri | 1,507 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
NAP | Md. Abdul Latif | 1,372 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
IAB | Md. Delowar Hosan Sarkar | 1,004 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
BSD | Saifur Rahman Tapan | 448 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 19,541 | 7.3 | −15.7 | |||
Turnout | 267,646 | 84.4 | +24.9 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the Election Commission planned a by-election for 7 September. The High Court, however, blocked the by-election on the grounds that it would be wasteful, as the parliament's tenure was due to end in October with the formation of a caretaker government in preparation for the next general election.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Akbar Hossain | 65,447 | 48.5 | +4.7 | |
AL | A. T. M. Shamsul Haque | 34,399 | 25.5 | −7.6 | |
Independent | AKM Bahauddin Bahar | 31,490 | 23.3 | N/A | |
IJOF | Md. Anowar Hossain | 1,911 | 1.4 | N/A | |
BIF | Shah Nuruzzaman Al Q | 1,043 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Saifur Rahman Tapan | 494 | 0.4 | N/A | |
BKA | Md. Jane Alam | 185 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 31,048 | 23.0 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 134,969 | 59.5 | −9.0 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Akbar Hossain | 51,080 | 43.8 | −12.3 | |
AL | A. T. M. Shamsul Haque | 38,577 | 33.1 | +3.7 | |
JP(E) | Ansar Ahmed | 20,697 | 17.7 | +16.1 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Aminul Haque | 5,481 | 4.7 | −3.9 | |
Zaker Party | Md. Wahidul Islam | 433 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
NAP (Bhashani) | Abdul Mazid | 300 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Mazedul Islam | 151 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,503 | 10.7 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 116,699 | 68.5 | +13.5 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Akbar Hossain | 54,496 | 56.1 | |||
AL | AKM Bahauddin Bahar | 28,552 | 29.4 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Jashim Uddin Sarkar | 8,392 | 8.6 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Shahidul Haq Selim | 2,221 | 2.3 | |||
JP(E) | Shree Ramen Datta | 1,581 | 1.6 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Wahidul Islam | 588 | 0.6 | |||
JSD | Shiv Narayan Das | 428 | 0.4 | |||
NAP (Muzaffar) | Md. Zahirul Islam | 295 | 0.3 | |||
Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) | Abdur Rauf | 234 | 0.2 | |||
BAKSAL | Md. Abdur Rauf | 200 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | Ahmed Mirza Khabir | 141 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 25,944 | 26.7 | ||||
Turnout | 97,128 | 55.0 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cumilla-8". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Adam, Gani (19 August 2006). "By-elections to Dinajpuir-3 and Commilla-8 seats may not be held EC secretary". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
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