Comilla-9 Explained

Comilla-9
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Comilla District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:361,960 (2018)
Year:1973
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:vacant
Party Label:Parliamentary Party
Local Council Label:Council area
Local Council:Laksam Upazila and Monohorgonj Upazila
Blank1 Name:Prev. Constituency
Blank1 Info:Comilla-8 (Constituency 256)
Blank2 Name:Next Constituency
Blank2 Info:Comilla-10 (Constituency 260)

Comilla-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024, The constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Laksam and Manoharganj upazilas.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Khandaker Mushtaq AhmedAwami League
1979A. K. M. Abu ZahedBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Abul Kalam MazumdarAwami League
1988Monirul Haq ChowdhuryJatiya Party
1991Monirul Haq ChowdhuryJatiya Party
February 1996Amin ur Rashid YasinBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996A. H. M. Mustafa KamalAwami League
2001Monirul Haq ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Tazul IslamAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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