Comilla-4

Coordinates: 23°36′N 90°59′E / 23.60°N 90.99°E / 23.60; 90.99
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Comilla-4
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictComilla District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate316,751 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyIndependent
Member(s)Abul Kalam Azad

Comilla-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Kalam Azad, of the Awami League since 2024.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Debidwar Upazila.[2][3]

History[edit]

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Party
1973 Serajul Haque Awami League[4]
1979 Dewan Sirajul Huq Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi Jatiya Party[6][7]
1991 Manjurul Ahsan Munshi Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 ABM Ghulam Mostafa Awami League
2014 Razee Mohammad Fakhrul Independent
2018 Razee Mohammad Fakhrul Awami League[1]
2024 Abul Kalam Azad Independent

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General Election 2014: Comilla-4[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Razee Mohammad Fakhrul 32,804 42.0 N/A
JP(E) Md. Ikbal Hossain Raju 28,536 36.5 N/A
Independent Roshon Ali 16,808 21.5 N/A
Majority 4,268 5.5 -11.5
Turnout 78,147 28.7 -56.9
Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2008: Comilla-4[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ABM Ghulam Mostafa 115,056 58.0 +20.2
BNP Mrs. Mazeda Ahasan 81,365 41.0 -18.3
IAB Md. Foyjur Rahman 918 0.5 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abdul Malek Ratan 537 0.3 N/A
BKA Abul Farah Md. Abul Aziz 374 0.2 -0.1
Independent Roshon Ali 145 0.1 N/A
Majority 33,691 17.0 -4.5
Turnout 198,395 85.6 +21.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Comilla-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Manjurul Ahsan Munshi 92,329 59.3 +22.9
AL AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi 58,877 37.8 +11.3
IJOF Md. Iqbal Hossain 3,187 2.0 N/A
BKA Md. Mahbubur Rahman Munsi 408 0.3 N/A
CPB Paresh Ranjankar 334 0.2 N/A
Independent Abu Taher Sarkar 268 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) A. B. M. Jaher Sharif 140 0.1 N/A
Independent A. Aziz 92 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Sultan Ahammad 60 0.0 N/A
Majority 33,452 21.5 +16.0
Turnout 155,695 64.5 -8.8
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Comilla-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Manjurul Ahsan Munshi 46,135 36.4 +7.1
JP(E) ABM Ghulam Mostafa 39,209 30.9 +30.5
AL AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi 33,611 26.5 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Mostofa Hossain Sarkar 7,247 5.7 -9.9
IOJ A. B. M. Jaher Sharif 671 0.5 N/A
Majority 6,926 5.5 +4.6
Turnout 126,873 73.3 +31.1
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Comilla-4[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Manjurul Hasan Munshi 27,139 29.3
NAP (Muzaffar) Muzaffar Ahmed 26,299 28.4
Independent AFM Faqrul Islam Munshi 21,671 23.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Mostafa Sarkar 14,418 15.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abdul Malek Ratan 1,161 1.3
Zaker Party Md. Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan 582 0.6
BKA Abdul Aziz Khomeni 462 0.5
JP(E) Shamsul Haq 335 0.4
FP Kh. Abdul Mannan 267 0.3
Independent Md. Mahbubur Rahman 169 0.2
Majority 840 0.9
Turnout 92,503 42.2
BNP gain from JP(E)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Cumilla-4". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Comilla-4". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Comilla-4". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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