Comilla-4

Comilla-4
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Comilla District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	316,751 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Abul Kalam Azad

Comilla-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Kalam Azad, of the Awami League since 2024.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Debidwar Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Serajul Haque	Awami League [4]
	1979	Dewan Sirajul Huq	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	1991	Manjurul Ahsan Munshi	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	ABM Ghulam Mostafa	Awami League
	2014	Razee Mohammad Fakhrul	Independent
	2018	Razee Mohammad Fakhrul	Awami League [1]
	2024	Abul Kalam Azad	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Comilla-4 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Razee Mohammad Fakhrul	32,804	42.0	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Ikbal Hossain Raju	28,536	36.5	N/A
	Independent	Roshon Ali	16,808	21.5	N/A
Majority			4,268	5.5	-11.5
Turnout			78,147	28.7	-56.9
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-4 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ABM Ghulam Mostafa	115,056	58.0	+20.2
	BNP	Mrs. Mazeda Ahasan	81,365	41.0	-18.3
	IAB	Md. Foyjur Rahman	918	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abdul Malek Ratan	537	0.3	N/A
	BKA	Abul Farah Md. Abul Aziz	374	0.2	-0.1
	Independent	Roshon Ali	145	0.1	N/A
Majority			33,691	17.0	-4.5
Turnout			198,395	85.6	+21.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Comilla-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Manjurul Ahsan Munshi	92,329	59.3	+22.9
	AL	AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi	58,877	37.8	+11.3
	IJOF	Md. Iqbal Hossain	3,187	2.0	N/A
	BKA	Md. Mahbubur Rahman Munsi	408	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Paresh Ranjankar	334	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Abu Taher Sarkar	268	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	A. B. M. Jaher Sharif	140	0.1	N/A
	Independent	A. Aziz	92	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Sultan Ahammad	60	0.0	N/A
Majority			33,452	21.5	+16.0
Turnout			155,695	64.5	-8.8
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Manjurul Ahsan Munshi	46,135	36.4	+7.1
	JP(E)	ABM Ghulam Mostafa	39,209	30.9	+30.5
	AL	AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi	33,611	26.5	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Mostofa Hossain Sarkar	7,247	5.7	-9.9
	IOJ	A. B. M. Jaher Sharif	671	0.5	N/A
Majority			6,926	5.5	+4.6
Turnout			126,873	73.3	+31.1
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Comilla-4 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Manjurul Hasan Munshi	27,139	29.3
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Muzaffar Ahmed	26,299	28.4
	Independent	AFM Faqrul Islam Munshi	21,671	23.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mostafa Sarkar	14,418	15.6
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abdul Malek Ratan	1,161	1.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan	582	0.6
	BKA	Abdul Aziz Khomeni	462	0.5
	JP(E)	Shamsul Haq	335	0.4
	FP	Kh. Abdul Mannan	267	0.3
	Independent	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	169	0.2
Majority			840	0.9
Turnout			92,503	42.2
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Cumilla-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "Comilla-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "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

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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