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.
The constituency encompasses Chandina Upazila.
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.
Ali Ashraf was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.