Comilla-2
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Cumilla-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Md. Salim Bhuiyan is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.
| Comilla-2 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Cumilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 290,027 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | None |
| Member of Parliament | Salim Bhuiyan |
Boundaries
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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Taher Uddin Thakur | Awami League[6] | |
| 1979 | Md. Faridul Huda | BNP[7] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Abdur Rashid | Jatiya Party[8][9] | |
| 1991 | Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain | BNP | |
| June 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2008 | M. K. Anwar | ||
| 2014 | Mohammed Amir Hossain | Jatiya Party | |
| 2018 | Selima Ahmad | Awami League[1] | |
| 2024 | Abdul Majid | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Mohammed Amir Hossain was 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | M. K. Anwar | 94,105 | 53.7 | −7.1 | |
| AL | Md. Abdul Majid | 76,666 | 43.8 | +18.0 | |
| IAB | Rafiqul Islam | 1,807 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Monowar Hossain | 1,802 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| PDP | Md. Golam Mostafa | 811 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,439 | 10.0 | −25.0 | ||
| Turnout | 175,191 | 83.4 | +21.2 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain | 128,680 | 60.8 | +16.8 | |
| AL | Hasan Jamil Sattar | 54,651 | 25.8 | +15.2 | |
| Independent | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan | 25,012 | 11.8 | N/A | |
| IJOF | Jahed Al Mahmud | 2,336 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Shahid Ullah Sarkar | 462 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Gano Forum | Ayesha Begum | 341 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Party (M) | Sohel Sarkar | 248 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 74,029 | 35.0 | +32.0 | ||
| Turnout | 211,730 | 62.2 | −5.4 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain | 69,175 | 44.0 | −13.7 | |
| JP(E) | Hasan Jamil Sattar | 64,461 | 41.0 | +39.5 | |
| AL | Abdur Rashid | 16,712 | 10.6 | −2.1 | |
| Jamaat | A.B.M.A. Momin Sarkar | 4,461 | 2.8 | −2.6 | |
| IOJ | Rafiqul Islam | 1,605 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | S. A. Hashem | 430 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Mohsin Bhuiyan | 393 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,714 | 3.0 | −42.0 | ||
| Turnout | 157,237 | 67.6 | +26.6 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain | 57,706 | 57.7 | |||
| AL | Badal Kumar Roy | 12,699 | 12.7 | |||
| Independent | Abdur Rashid | 12,076 | 12.1 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Tofazzal Hossain | 6,037 | 6.0 | |||
| Jamaat | Md. A. Latif | 5,413 | 5.4 | |||
| Independent | Kh. Mohiuddin | 3,076 | 3.1 | |||
| JP(E) | Matiur Rahman | 1,524 | 1.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Janata Party | Milan | 876 | 0.9 | |||
| FP | A. Latif Shikder | 543 | 0.5 | |||
| Majority | 45,007 | 45.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 99,950 | 41.0 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
