Comilla-1
Comilla-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Comilla District |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Electorate | 347,071 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan |
Comilla-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan of the Awami League.
Boundaries[]
The constituency encompasses Daudkandi and Megna upazilas.[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 | Mohammad Sayedul Haque | Awami League[6] | |
1979 | Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mohammad Mobarak Ali | Jatiya Party[8][9] | |
1991 | M. K. Anwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan | Awami League |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh Awami League | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan[note 1] | 90,077 | 81.0 | +27.8 | |
Independent | Naim Hasan | 18,572 | 16.7 | N/A | |
JP(E) | Abu Jayed Al Mahmud[note 1] | 2,026 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Zaman Sarkar[note 1] | 302 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Basudeb Saha[note 1] | 268 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 71,505 | 64.3 | +55.7 | ||
Turnout | 111,245 | 36.3 | -46.8 | ||
Bangladesh Awami League hold |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh Awami League | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan | 114,818 | 53.2 | +21.6 | ||
BNP | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain | 96,378 | 44.7 | -22.7 | ||
IAB | Md. Al Amin | 1,977 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Abdus Sattar | 1,920 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Hazrat Ali Khan | 309 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
BKA | Sultan Mohiuddin | 244 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 18,440 | 8.6 | -27.2 | |||
Turnout | 215,646 | 83.1 | +20.4 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | M. K. Anwar | 73,936 | 67.4 | -1.0 | |
Bangladesh Awami League | Jahangir Alam Sarkar | 34,645 | 31.6 | +2.4 | |
IJOF | Shamsuddin Ahamed | 592 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Mojammel Haq | 384 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Mohammad Golam Mustafa | 100 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 39,291 | 35.8 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 109,657 | 62.7 | +0.6 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | M. K. Anwar | 69,356 | 68.4 | -3.6 | |
Bangladesh Awami League | Jahangir Alam Sarkar | 29,594 | 29.2 | +7.2 | |
JP(E) | Mahabubul Haque Dulon | 843 | 0.8 | N/A | |
IOJ | A. Samad | 697 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. A. Aziz Molla | 544 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | A. T. M. Obaidul Haque | 317 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 39,762 | 39.2 | -10.8 | ||
Turnout | 101,351 | 62.1 | +14.3 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | M. K. Anwar | 69,941 | 72.0 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League | Mortuza Hossain Mollah | 21,380 | 22.0 | |||
Independent | Chowdhury ABM Kawsar Ahmed | 2,338 | 2.4 | |||
Independent | Md. Monir Ahmed | 1,535 | 1.6 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | AKM Zamshed Alam | 1,118 | 1.2 | |||
NAP (Muzaffar) | Shafiq Ahang Khan | 376 | 0.4 | |||
JSD (R) | AKM Fazlul Haq | 323 | 0.3 | |||
Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot | Sarkar Nasiruddin Ahmed | 147 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 48,561 | 50.0 | ||||
Turnout | 97,158 | 47.8 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Cumilla-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Comilla-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Comilla-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "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[]
Coordinates: 23°32′N 90°43′E / 23.53°N 90.72°E
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
- Cumilla District
- Bangladesh geography stubs