Cumilla-8 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Comilla District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Chittagong Division |
Electorate: | 296,697 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Members Label: | Member of Parliament |
Members: | Vacant |
Party Label: | Parliamentary Party |
Party: | None |
Local Council Label: | Council area |
Local Council: | Barura Upazila |
Blank1 Name: | Prev. Constituency |
Blank1 Info: | Comilla-7 (Constituency 255) |
Blank2 Name: | Next Constituency |
Blank2 Info: | Comilla-9 (Constituency 258) |
Cumilla-8 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Barura Upazila.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.
Election | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | Muzaffar Ali | Awami League | ||
1979 | Abdur Rashid | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | ||
Major Boundary Changes | ||||
1986 | Ansar Ahmed | Jatiya Party | ||
1991 | Akbar Hossain | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
2008 | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | Awami League | ||
2014 | Nurul Islam Milon | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
2018 | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | Awami League< | -- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> | |
2024 | A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim | |||
Nurul Islam Milon was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the Election Commission planned a by-election for 7 September. The High Court, however, blocked the by-election on the grounds that it would be wasteful, as the parliament's tenure was due to end in October with the formation of a caretaker government in preparation for the next general election.