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

The constituency encompasses Chandina 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]

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

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

Elections in the 2010s

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

General Election 2008: Comilla-7 ^{[2] [13] [14]}

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]}

General Election 2001: Comilla-7 ^[17]

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

General Election June 1996: Comilla-7 ^[17]

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

General Election 1991: Comilla-7 ^[17]

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

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12. 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.
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15. "BNP lawmaker Taher passes away". The Daily Star. UNB. 24 September 2004. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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External links

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

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