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