Comilla-11

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Comilla-11
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
kumillaa-11.svg
District Comilla District
Division Chittagong Division
Electorate328,280 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyNone
Member of ParliamentVacant
Previous Constituency Comilla-10 (Constituency 258)
Next Constituency Chandpur-1 (Constituency 260)

Comilla-11 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chauddagram Upazila. [2] [3]

History

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]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Ali Ashraf Independent [6]
1979 Muzaffar Ahmed NAP (Muzzafar) [7]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Omar Ahmed Majumder Awami League [8] [9]
1991 AKM Kamruzzaman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan Awami League
2001 Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Mazibul Hoque Awami League
2014
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mazibul Hoque was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-11 [2] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Mazibul Hoque 101,20152.3+17.6
JI Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher 77,92440.3N/A
JP(E) Kazi Zafar Ahmed 12,9801.0N/A
IAB Md. Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan1,4740.8N/A
Majority 23,27712.0−18.0
Turnout 193,57980.9+7.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Comilla-11 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan 87,89864.7+28.4
AL Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan 47,17634.7−15.2
IJOF M. Ahidur Rahman3910.3N/A
Independent Ali Ahmad Mollah2880.2N/A
Independent Md. Shah Alam2110.2N/A
Majority 40,72230.0+16.4
Turnout 135,96473.8+15.1
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-11 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan 38,38249.9+15.4
BNP AKM Kamruzzaman 27,91536.3−4.5
JI Md. A.J.M. Saleh Uddin Khand4,8846.4−5.3
JP(E) A.K.M. Moin Uddin Bhuiyan4,6906.1−6.3
Gano Forum Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury3890.5N/A
Zaker PartyMd. Abul Hasem Khandakar2330.30.0
NAP (Bhashani)Md. Ali Ashraf Mazumder2180.3N/A
BKA Md. Abdul Hamid1760.2N/A
Majority 10,46713.6+7.3
Turnout 76,87758.7+20.4
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Comilla-11 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP AKM Kamruzzaman 24,94840.8
AL Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan 21,07834.5
JP(E) Omar Ahmed Majumder 7,60812.4
JI Md. Salah Uddin7,17811.7
Zaker PartyA. Hasem1920.3
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)AKM Rafiqul Haider Mazumdar1730.3
Majority 3,8706.3
Turnout 61,17738.3
BNP gain from AL

References

  1. "Cumilla-11". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. 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.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "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.

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