Comilla-11
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Comilla-11 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Comilla-11 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Cumilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 328,280 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Member of Parliament | Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Chauddagram Upazila.[2][3]
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.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Mazibul Hoque 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mazibul Hoque | 101,201 | 52.3 | +17.6 | ||
| Jamaat | Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher | 77,924 | 40.3 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | 12,980 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Md. Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan | 1,474 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 23,277 | 12.0 | −18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 193,579 | 80.9 | +7.1 | |||
| AL gain from Jamaat | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaat | Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher | 87,898 | 64.7 | +28.4 | ||
| AL | Mazibul Hoque | 47,176 | 34.7 | −15.2 | ||
| IJOF | M. Ahidur Rahman | 391 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Ali Ahmad Mollah | 288 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Shah Alam | 211 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 40,722 | 30.0 | +16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 135,964 | 73.8 | +15.1 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mazibul Hoque | 38,382 | 49.9 | +15.4 | ||
| BNP | AKM Kamruzzaman | 27,915 | 36.3 | −4.5 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. A.J.M. Saleh Uddin Khand | 4,884 | 6.4 | −5.3 | ||
| JP(E) | A.K.M. Moin Uddin Bhuiyan | 4,690 | 6.1 | −6.3 | ||
| Gano Forum | Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury | 389 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Abul Hasem Khandakar | 233 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
| NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Ali Ashraf Mazumder | 218 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| BKA | Md. Abdul Hamid | 176 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 10,467 | 13.6 | +7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 76,877 | 58.7 | +20.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Kamruzzaman | 24,948 | 40.8 | |||
| AL | Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan | 21,078 | 34.5 | |||
| JP(E) | Omar Ahmed Majumder | 7,608 | 12.4 | |||
| Jamaat | Md. Salah Uddin | 7,178 | 11.7 | |||
| Zaker Party | A. Hasem | 192 | 0.3 | |||
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | AKM Rafiqul Haider Mazumdar | 173 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 3,870 | 6.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 61,177 | 38.3 | ||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
