Comilla-7 Explained

Comilla-7
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Comilla District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:254,497 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Pran Gopal Datta
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:Chandina Upazila
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Comilla-6 (Constituency 254)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Comilla-8 (Constituency 256)

Comilla-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Pran Gopal Datta of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chandina 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.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973A. W. M. Abdul HaqueAwami League
1979Matruza Hossain MollahBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mohammad A. AkimJatiya Party
1988Mahbubur Rahman
1991AKM Abu TaherBangladesh Nationalist Party
1996Abdul HakimAwami League
2001AKM Abu TaherBangladesh Nationalist Party
2004 by-electionZakaria Taher SumonBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Ali AshrafAwami League
Sep 2021 by-electionPran Gopal DattaAwami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ali Ashraf was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-09-20. Pran Gopal Datta goes to parliament as Comilla 7 MP. live. 2021-09-28. Dhaka Tribune. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921051320/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2021/09/20/dr-pran-gopal-datta-goes-to-parliament-as-comilla-7-mp . 2021-09-21 .