Comilla-8
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Cumilla-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Zakaria Taher Sumon, a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, is the incumbent representative since February 2026.
| Comilla-8 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Cumilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 296,697 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member of Parliament | Zakaria Taher Sumon |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Barura Upazila.[2]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.[3][4]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Muzaffar Ali | Awami League[5] | |
| 1979 | Abdur Rashid | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[6] | |
| 1986 | Ansar Ahmed | Jatiya Party[7][8] | |
| 1991 | Akbar Hossain | BNP | |
| 2008 | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Nurul Islam Milon | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
| 2018 | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | Awami League[1] | |
| 2024 | A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim | ||
| 2026 | Zakaria Taher Sumon | BNP | |
Elections
Elections in 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Zakaria Taher Sumon | 169,278 | ||||
| Jamaat | Shafiqul Alam Helal | 124,187 | ||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 2010s
Nurul Islam Milon 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 | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Nasimul Alam Chowdhury | 141,428 | 52.8 | +27.3 | ||
| BNP | Zakaria Taher | 121,887 | 45.5 | −3.0 | ||
| BTF | Sayed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri | 1,507 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| NAP | Md. Abdul Latif | 1,372 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Md. Delowar Hosan Sarkar | 1,004 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| BSD | Saifur Rahman Tapan | 448 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 19,541 | 7.3 | −15.7 | |||
| Turnout | 267,646 | 84.4 | +24.9 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the Election Commission planned a by-election for 7 September. The High Court, however, blocked the by-election on the grounds that it would be wasteful, as the parliament's tenure was due to end in October with the formation of a caretaker government in preparation for the next general election.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Akbar Hossain | 65,447 | 48.5 | +4.7 | |
| AL | A. T. M. Shamsul Haque | 34,399 | 25.5 | −7.6 | |
| Independent | AKM Bahauddin Bahar | 31,490 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| IJOF | Md. Anowar Hossain | 1,911 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| BIF | Shah Nuruzzaman Al Q | 1,043 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Saifur Rahman Tapan | 494 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| BKA | Md. Jane Alam | 185 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 31,048 | 23.0 | +12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 134,969 | 59.5 | −9.0 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Akbar Hossain | 51,080 | 43.8 | −12.3 | |
| AL | A. T. M. Shamsul Haque | 38,577 | 33.1 | +3.7 | |
| JP(E) | Ansar Ahmed | 20,697 | 17.7 | +16.1 | |
| Jamaat | Md. Aminul Haque | 5,481 | 4.7 | −3.9 | |
| Zaker Party | Md. Wahidul Islam | 433 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
| NAP (Bhashani) | Abdul Mazid | 300 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Mazedul Islam | 151 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,503 | 10.7 | −16.0 | ||
| Turnout | 116,699 | 68.5 | +13.5 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Akbar Hossain | 54,496 | 56.1 | |||
| AL | AKM Bahauddin Bahar | 28,552 | 29.4 | |||
| Jamaat | Jashim Uddin Sarkar | 8,392 | 8.6 | |||
| Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Shahidul Haq Selim | 2,221 | 2.3 | |||
| JP(E) | Shree Ramen Datta | 1,581 | 1.6 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Wahidul Islam | 588 | 0.6 | |||
| JSD | Shiv Narayan Das | 428 | 0.4 | |||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Md. Zahirul Islam | 295 | 0.3 | |||
| Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) | Abdur Rauf | 234 | 0.2 | |||
| BAKSAL | Md. Abdur Rauf | 200 | 0.2 | |||
| Independent | Ahmed Mirza Khabir | 141 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 25,944 | 26.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 97,128 | 55.0 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
