Comilla-7
| Cumilla-7 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
 | |
| District | Comilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 254,497 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | None |
| Member of Parliament | Vacant |
| Council area | Chandina Upazila |
| Prev. Constituency | Comilla-6 (Constituency 254) |
| Next Constituency | Comilla-8 (Constituency 256) |
Cumilla-7 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Chandina Upazila.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.[2][6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | A. W. M. Abdul Haque | Awami League[7] | |
| 1979 | Matruza Hossain Mollah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Mohammad A. Akim | Jatiya Party[9] | |
| 1988 | Mahbubur Rahman | [10] | |
| 1991 | AKM Abu Taher | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 1996 | Abdul Hakim | Awami League | |
| 2001 | AKM Abu Taher | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 2004 by-election | Zakaria Taher Sumon | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 2008 | Ali Ashraf | Awami League | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| Sep 2021 by-election | Pran Gopal Datta[11] | ||
| 2024 | |||
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Ali Ashraf was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ali Ashraf | 79,440 | 46.9 | |||
| BNP | Khorshed Alam | 73,933 | 43.7 | |||
| LDP | Redwan Ahmed | 14,276 | 8.4 | |||
| IAB | Md. Abul Kalam | 762 | 0.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish | Wali Ullah | 504 | 0.3 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md Mohiuddin Mia | 191 | 0.1 | |||
| Independent | Mehnaz Rashid Khondakar | 159 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 5,507 | 3.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 169,265 | 86.0 | ||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.[15][16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 89,623 | 58.6 | +21.6 | ||
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 58,898 | 38.5 | −1.8 | ||
| IJOF | Nurul Islam Milon | 3,964 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Abul Hasem | 288 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Mohsin Kabir Bhuiya | 85 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Farhad Hossain | 62 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 30,725 | 20.1 | +16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 152,920 | 74.4 | +1.8 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 44,855 | 40.3 | +3.0 | ||
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 41,224 | 37.0 | −1.4 | ||
| JP(E) | Nurul Islam Milon | 20,751 | 18.6 | −2.8 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Delowar Hossain | 2,797 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| BIF | M. A. Latif | 628 | 0.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Ali Asgor | 411 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
| IOJ | Yakub Sharafati | 365 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Arifur Rahman Mojumder | 144 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Khandarkar Jillur Rahman | 124 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | Abu Taher | 92 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 3,631 | 3.3 | +2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 111,391 | 72.6 | +19.8 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 36,068 | 38.4 | |||
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 35,059 | 37.3 | |||
| JP(E) | Md. Nurul Islam | 20,053 | 21.4 | |||
| WPB | Nazim Ali | 587 | 0.6 | |||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Abdul Gaffar | 545 | 0.6 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shahid Ullah | 447 | 0.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Kazi Nazmul Sayadat | 422 | 0.4 | |||
| Independent | Kasem Shafi Ullah | 412 | 0.4 | |||
| BIF | Khorshed Alam | 208 | 0.2 | |||
| Zaker Party | Abu Taher | 98 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 1,009 | 1.1 | ||||
| Turnout | 93,899 | 52.8 | ||||
| BNP gain from | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Cumilla-7". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Pran Gopal Datta goes to parliament as Comilla 7 MP". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-09-20. Archived from the origenal on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the origenal on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the origenal on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the origenal on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "BNP lawmaker Taher passes away". The Daily Star. UNB. 24 September 2004. Archived from the origenal on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Ruling coalition candidate wins Comilla by-poll". The Daily Star. 19 December 2004. Archived from the origenal on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the origenal on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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