Comilla-6 Explained

Comilla-6
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Comilla District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:415,884 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:vacant
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:None
Local Council Label:City Council area
Local Council:Comilla City Corporation
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Comilla-5 (Constituency 253)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Comilla-7 (Constituency 255)

Comilla-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh A.K.M.Bahauddin Bahar was the m.p. until 6 august 2024

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Comilla City Corporation, Comilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila, and Comilla Cantonment.

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.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Galiara.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding Comilla City Corporation and Comilla Cantonment.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad SiddiqueAwami League
1979Mozammel HaqueBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Redwan AhmedJatiya Party
1988Khandaker Abdul MannanBangladesh Freedom Party
1991Redwan AhmedIndependent
February 1996Khandaker Abdur RashidNational Democratic Alliance
1996Ali AshrafAwami League
2001Redwan AhmedBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Bahauddin BaharAwami League
2014
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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