Comilla-7
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Cumilla-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Atikul Alam Shawon is the incumbent representative since February 2026.
| Comilla-7 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Cumilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 254,497 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Member of Parliament | Atikul Alam Shawon |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Chandina 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]
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.[2][6]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | A. W. M. Abdul Haque | Awami League[7] | |
| 1979 | Matruza Hossain Mollah | BNP[8] | |
| 1986 | Mohammad A. Akim | Jatiya Party[9] | |
| 1988 | Mahbubur Rahman | [10] | |
| 1991 | AKM Abu Taher | BNP | |
| June 1996 | Abdul Hakim | Awami League | |
| 2001 | AKM Abu Taher | BNP | |
| 2004 by-election | Zakaria Taher Sumon | ||
| 2008 | Ali Ashraf | Awami League | |
| 2021 by-election | Pran Gopal Datta[11] | ||
| 2026 | Atikul Alam Shawon | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Atikul Alam Shawon | 90,819 | |||
| BNP | Redwan Ahmed | 42,894 | |||
| BSM | Sajal Kumar Kar | ||||
| IAB | Maulana Ehteshamul Haque | ||||
| Khelafat Majlis | Solaiman Khan | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
Ali Ashraf was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[14]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ali Ashraf | 79,440 | 46.9 | |||
| BNP | Khorshed Alam | 73,933 | 43.7 | |||
| LDP | Redwan Ahmed | 14,276 | 8.4 | |||
| IAB | Md. Abul Kalam | 762 | 0.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish | Wali Ullah | 504 | 0.3 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md Mohiuddin Mia | 191 | 0.1 | |||
| Independent | Mehnaz Rashid Khondakar | 159 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 5,507 | 3.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 169,265 | 86.0 | ||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.[17][18]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 89,623 | 58.6 | +21.6 | ||
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 58,898 | 38.5 | −1.8 | ||
| IJOF | Nurul Islam Milon | 3,964 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Abul Hasem | 288 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Mohsin Kabir Bhuiya | 85 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Farhad Hossain | 62 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 30,725 | 20.1 | +16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 152,920 | 74.4 | +1.8 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 44,855 | 40.3 | +3.0 | ||
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 41,224 | 37.0 | −1.4 | ||
| JP(E) | Nurul Islam Milon | 20,751 | 18.6 | −2.8 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Delowar Hossain | 2,797 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| BIF | M. A. Latif | 628 | 0.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Ali Asgor | 411 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
| IOJ | Yakub Sharafati | 365 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Arifur Rahman Mojumder | 144 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Khandarkar Jillur Rahman | 124 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | Abu Taher | 92 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 3,631 | 3.3 | +2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 111,391 | 72.6 | +19.8 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | AKM Abu Taher | 36,068 | 38.4 | |||
| AL | Abdul Hakim | 35,059 | 37.3 | |||
| JP(E) | Md. Nurul Islam | 20,053 | 21.4 | |||
| WPB | Nazim Ali | 587 | 0.6 | |||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Abdul Gaffar | 545 | 0.6 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shahid Ullah | 447 | 0.5 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Kazi Nazmul Sayadat | 422 | 0.4 | |||
| Independent | Kasem Shafi Ullah | 412 | 0.4 | |||
| BIF | Khorshed Alam | 208 | 0.2 | |||
| Zaker Party | Abu Taher | 98 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 1,009 | 1.1 | ||||
| Turnout | 93,899 | 52.8 | ||||
| BNP gain from | ||||||