Comilla-10

Coordinates: 23°10′N 91°12′E / 23.16°N 91.20°E / 23.16; 91.20
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Comilla-10
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictComilla District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate516,571 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Mustafa Kamal

Comilla-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mustafa Kamal of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Comilla Sadar Dakshin, Lalmai, and Nangalkot upazilas.[2]

History

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

Ahead of the

union parishads: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Galiara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran.[3][4]

Ahead of the

Comilla Sadar Upazila and Laksam Upazila.[2][5]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Wali Ahmed Awami League[6]
1979
Redwan Ahmed
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Rafiqul Hossain Jatiya Party[8]
1988
Saiful Islam
 [9]
1991 ATM Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996
Md. Tajul Islam
 Awami League
2001 Anwarul Azim Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Mustafa Kamal Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mustafa Kamal was re-elected unopposed in the

2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-10[3][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL
 Mustafa Kamal 138,089 59.7 +21.7
BNP Mobasher Alam Bhuiyan 89,821 38.8 -19.3
IAB Md. Gajiul Haque Mazumder 1,298 0.6 N/A
National People's Party M. Ahidur Rahman 999 0.4 N/A
BNP Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan 629 0.3 N/A
LDP Jmirul Akhter 517 0.2 N/A
Majority 48,268 20.9 +0.8
Turnout 231,353 81.5 +11.4
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Comilla-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Anwarul Azim 107,769 58.1 +23.5
AL
Md. Tajul Islam
 70,434 38.0 +1.3
IJOF Golam Mostafa Kamal 6,518 3.5 N/A
JSD Monirul Anwar 388 0.2 N/A
Independent
 ATM Alamgir 256 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) Yasin Mia 148 0.1 N/A
Majority 37,335 20.1 +18.0
Turnout 185,513 70.1 -2.1
AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL
Md. Tajul Islam
 49,298 36.7 +3.6
BNP ATM Alamgir 46,479 34.6 -1.4
Independent
 Moksed Ali 23,605 17.6 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Rezaul Karim 13,285 9.9 N/A
Independent
 Golam Mostafa Kamal 708 0.5 N/A
Zaker Party Ruhul Amin 482 0.4 N/A
NAP (Bhashani) Mohammad Lokman Hossain 470 0.3 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
 Monirul Anwar 168 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,819 2.1 -0.8
Turnout 134,495 72.2 +30.2
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Comilla-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP ATM Alamgir 36,658 36.0
AL
 Khorshed Alam Suruz 33,709 33.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abdur Rab Patwari 16,151 15.9
JP(E) Habibur Rahman Mazumdar 12,883 12.7
Zaker Party Moktar Ahmed 793 0.8
IOJ A K M Ruhul Amin Chowdhury 591 0.6
WPB Shuvas Bhoumik 584 0.6
NAP (Muzaffar) Jinnat Ali 469 0.5
Majority 2,949 2.9
Turnout 101,838 42.0
BNP gain from

References

  1. ^ "Cumilla-10". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ 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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