Comilla-11

Comilla-11
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Comilla District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	328,280 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Mujibul Haque Mujib

Comilla-11 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mujibul Haque Mujib of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chauddagram 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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Ali Ashraf	Independent [6]
	1979	Muzaffar Ahmed	NAP (Muzzafar) [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Omar Ahmed Majumder	Awami League [8] [9]
	1991	AKM Kamruzzaman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan	Awami League
	2001	Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Mazibul Hoque	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mazibul Hoque was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mazibul Hoque	101,201	52.3	+17.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher	77,924	40.3	N/A
	JP(E)	Kazi Zafar Ahmed	12,980	1.0	N/A
	IAB	Md. Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan	1,474	0.8	N/A
Majority			23,277	12.0	-18.0
Turnout			193,579	80.9	+7.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Comilla-11 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan	87,898	64.7	+28.4
	AL	Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan	47,176	34.7	-15.2
	IJOF	M. Ahidur Rahman	391	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Ali Ahmad Mollah	288	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shah Alam	211	0.2	N/A
Majority			40,722	30.0	+16.4
Turnout			135,964	73.8	+15.1
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-11 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan	38,382	49.9	+15.4
	BNP	AKM Kamruzzaman	27,915	36.3	-4.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. A.J.M. Saleh Uddin Khand	4,884	6.4	-5.3
	JP(E)	A.K.M. Moin Uddin Bhuiyan	4,690	6.1	-6.3
	Gano Forum	Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury	389	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abul Hasem Khandakar	233	0.3	0.0
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Ali Ashraf Mazumder	218	0.3	N/A
	BKA	Md. Abdul Hamid	176	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,467	13.6	+7.3
Turnout			76,877	58.7	+20.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Comilla-11 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	AKM Kamruzzaman	24,948	40.8
	AL	Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan	21,078	34.5
	JP(E)	Omar Ahmed Majumder	7,608	12.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Salah Uddin	7,178	11.7
	Zaker Party	A. Hasem	192	0.3
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	AKM Rafiqul Haider Mazumdar	173	0.3
Majority			3,870	6.3
Turnout			61,177	38.3
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. "Cumilla-11". 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.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. 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.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 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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