Comilla-5

Comilla-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Comilla District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	368,967 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Independent Politician
Member(s)	M A Zaher

Comilla-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abu Jaher of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Brahmanpara and Burichang upazilas. ^{[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	Abdul Kuddas Makhan	Awami League [4]
	1979	Habib Ullah Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohammad Yunus	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	1988
	1991	Abdul Matin Khasru	Awami League
	February 1996	Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Abdul Matin Khasru	Awami League
	2001	Mohammad Yunus	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdul Matin Khasru	Awami League
	2014
	2018
	Jun 2021 by-election	Abul Hashem Khan	Awami League [8]
	2024	M A Zaher	Independent Politician

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Comilla-5 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Matin Khasru	206,931	96.2	+32.5
	JP(E)	Safikur Rahman	8,157	3.8	N/A
Majority			198,774	92.4	+63.1
Turnout			215,088	67.0	-16.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-5 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Matin Khasru	143,208	63.7	+18.0
	BNP	ASM Alauddin Bhuiyan	77,260	34.3	-16.4
	Independent	Abdullah Al Mamun	3,200	1.4	+1.1
	People's Front	Md. Farid Uddin	379	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Sheikh Abdul Baten	280	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shaha Uddin	232	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Abul Bashar	232	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Sajeda Arif	168	0.1	N/A
Majority			65,948	29.3	+24.3
Turnout			224,959	83.2	+11.8
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Comilla-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohammad Yunus	96,828	50.7	+21.5
	AL	Abdul Matin Khasru	87,276	45.7	+6.8
	IJOF	Tafazzal Hossain	6,034	3.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdullah Al-Mamun	504	0.3	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Delowar Hossain Bhuyan	188	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,552	5.0	-4.7
Turnout			190,830	71.4	+0.6
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Matin Khasru	51,184	38.9	-0.5
	BNP	Abul Qashem	38,378	29.2	+7.1
	JP(E)	Md. Ohidun Nabi	30,295	23.1	+6.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdur Rouf	10,038	7.6	-7.2
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Sirajul Islam	493	0.4	N/A
	IOJ	A. B. M. Jaher Sharif	421	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Shamsul Alam	340	0.3	-0.6
	Independent	Mohammad Yunus	268	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,806	9.7	-7.6
Turnout			131,417	70.8	+27.1
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Comilla-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Matin Khasru	42,680	39.4
	BNP	Md. A. Latif	23,960	22.1
	JP(E)	Mohammad Yunus	17,852	16.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdur Rouf	16,048	14.8
	FP	A. Sattar Bhuiyan	5,924	5.5
	Zaker Party	Shamsul Alam	1,029	0.9
	Independent	Tafazzal Hossain	322	0.3
	Ganatantri Party	Abdul Khaleq	274	0.3
	Independent	Yusuf Sarwar	261	0.2
Majority			18,720	17.3
Turnout			108,350	43.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

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

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