Comilla-8

Comilla-8
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Comilla District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	296,697 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim
Council area	Barura Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Comilla-7 (Constituency 255)
Next Constituency	Comilla-9 (Constituency 258)

Comilla-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Barura Upazila. ^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda. ^{[3] [4]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Muzaffar Ali	Awami League [5]
	1979	Abdur Rashid	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal [6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Ansar Ahmed	Jatiya Party [7] [8]
	1991	Akbar Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Nasimul Alam Chowdhury	Awami League
	2014	Nurul Islam Milon	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Nasimul Alam Chowdhury	Awami League [1]
	2024	A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Nurul Islam Milon was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-8 ^{[3] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nasimul Alam Chowdhury	141,428	52.8	+27.3
	BNP	Zakaria Taher	121,887	45.5	-3.0
	BTF	Sayed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri	1,507	0.6	N/A
	NAP	Md. Abdul Latif	1,372	0.5	N/A
	IAB	Md. Delowar Hosan Sarkar	1,004	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Saifur Rahman Tapan	448	0.2	N/A
Majority			19,541	7.3	-15.7
Turnout			267,646	84.4	+24.9
	AL gain from BNP

Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the Election Commission planned a by-election for 7 September. The High Court, however, blocked the by-election on the grounds that it would be wasteful, as the parliament's tenure was due to end in October with the formation of a caretaker government in preparation for the next general election. ^[12]

General Election 2001: Comilla-8 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Akbar Hossain	65,447	48.5	+4.7
	AL	A. T. M. Shamsul Haque	34,399	25.5	-7.6
	Independent	AKM Bahauddin Bahar	31,490	23.3	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Anowar Hossain	1,911	1.4	N/A
	BIF	Shah Nuruzzaman Al Q	1,043	0.8	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Saifur Rahman Tapan	494	0.4	N/A
	BKA	Md. Jane Alam	185	0.1	N/A
Majority			31,048	23.0	+12.3
Turnout			134,969	59.5	-9.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-8 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Akbar Hossain	51,080	43.8	-12.3
	AL	A. T. M. Shamsul Haque	38,577	33.1	+3.7
	JP(E)	Ansar Ahmed	20,697	17.7	+16.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Aminul Haque	5,481	4.7	-3.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Wahidul Islam	433	0.4	-0.2
	NAP (Bhashani)	Abdul Mazid	300	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mazedul Islam	151	0.1	N/A
Majority			12,503	10.7	-16.0
Turnout			116,699	68.5	+13.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Comilla-8 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Akbar Hossain	54,496	56.1
	AL	AKM Bahauddin Bahar	28,552	29.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Jashim Uddin Sarkar	8,392	8.6
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Shahidul Haq Selim	2,221	2.3
	JP(E)	Shree Ramen Datta	1,581	1.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Wahidul Islam	588	0.6
	JSD	Shiv Narayan Das	428	0.4
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Md. Zahirul Islam	295	0.3
	Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist)	Abdur Rauf	234	0.2
	BAKSAL	Md. Abdur Rauf	200	0.2
	Independent	Ahmed Mirza Khabir	141	0.1
Majority			25,944	26.7
Turnout			97,128	55.0
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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4. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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9. 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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11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. Adam, Gani (19 August 2006). "By-elections to Dinajpuir-3 and Commilla-8 seats may not be held EC secretary". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
13. "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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