The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house,the House of Lords,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and created the parliament of Great Britain located in the former home of the English parliament in the Palace of Westminster,near the City of London. This lasted nearly a century,until the Acts of Union 1800 merged the separate British and Irish Parliaments into a single Parliament of the United Kingdom with effect from 1 January 1801.
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency,the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha,the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories:the Delhi Legislative Assembly,Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister,he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become the Speaker of the Legislature
The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood),created by the Scotland Act 1998,has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999.
In the United Kingdom (UK),each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
Sitakunda or Sitakunda Town is an administrative centre and the sole municipality (Paurashava) of Sitakunda Upazila in Chattogram District,located in Chattogram Division,Bangladesh. Sitakunda is famous for the Chandranath Temple and Hindus temple. There is a hot water spring 5 km to the north of the town.
Sitakunda is an upazila in the Chattogram District of Chattogram Division,Bangladesh. It includes one urban settlement,the Sitakunda Town,and 10 unions. Sitakunda is the home of the country's first eco-park,as well as alternative energy projects,specifically wind energy and geothermal power.
Malkangiri district is the southwesternmost district in the Indian state of Odisha. It has two Vidhan sabha constituencies.
Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur,politician and diplomat. He set up a number of manufacturing and finance businesses during the 1960s. He played a prominent role in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971,organising resistance within Bangladesh and travelling to the US to represent the Bangladesh Government in exile. He became Minister of Commerce and Foreign Trade in the newly formed state,and ambassador to the US and Mexico.
Prestea-Huni Valley is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.Robert Wisdom Cudjoe is the member of parliament for the constituency. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won a majority of 56,464 votes to become the MP.. He took over from Barbara Oteng Gyasi who had represented the constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Alexander Akwasi Acquah is the member of parliament for the Akim Oda constituency in Ghana's 8th parliament under the fourth republic. The first time MP was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). With a majority of 25,380 votes out of the 31,943 total votes cast,he defeated his opponents and won the seat as the 5th MP for the Constituency. He succeeded William Quaitoo who represented the constituency for eight (8) years from 2012 to 2020 on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Before him was Yaw Owusu-Boateng as the member of parliament for the constituency for four (4) years (2008-2012) until a new constituency was created out of the Akim Oda constituency in 2012 which had him representing the newly created Constituency,Asene Akoroso Manso on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that year.
Salaga is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is located in the Northern Region of Ghana. he current member of Parliament for the constituency is Ibrahim Bey Abubakari. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 3,046 votes more than candidate closest in the race,to win the constituency election to become the MP. He succeeded Boniface Abubakar Saddique who had represented the constituency in the 4th Republican parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)..
Sitakunda massacre refers to the massacre of Hindu pilgrims on 15 February 1950. The Hindu pilgrims from all over East Bengal,Tripura and Assam were on their way to Sitakunda on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri at the Chandranath temple. The pilgrims were attacked by the Ansars and armed Muslim mobs and massacred at the Sitakunda railway station.
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha;the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories. Between 1952 and 2020,two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India.
Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahfuzur Rahaman of the Awami League.
Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since January 2024 SM Al Mamun of the Awami League is the Member of Parliament of this constituency.
Didarul Alam is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chittagong-4 and Director of Mostafa-Hakim Group.
ABM Abul Kashem was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chittagong-2 and Chittagong-3 the Sitakunda Upazila constituency.
The next Scottish Parliament election is due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2026 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It will be the seventh general election since the devolved parliament was established in 1999.
