Comilla-11 Explained

Comilla-11
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Comilla District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:328,280 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Mujibul Haque Mujib
Party:Awami League

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.

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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Ali AshrafIndependent
1979Muzaffar AhmedNAP (Muzzafar)
Major Boundary Changes
1986Omar Ahmed MajumderAwami League
1991AKM KamruzzamanBangladesh Nationalist Party
1996Md. Joynal Abedin BhuiyanAwami League
2001Abdul Gafur BhuiyanBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Mazibul HoqueAwami 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.

Elections in the 1990s

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