Comilla-9
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Comilla-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Md. Abul Kalam is the incumbent representative member since February 2026.
| Comilla-9 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Cumilla District |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Electorate | 361,960 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Parliamentary Party | None |
| Member of Parliament | Md. Abul Kalam |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Laksam and Manoharganj upazilas.[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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed | Awami League[6] | |
| 1979 | A. K. M. Abu Zahed | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] | |
| 1986 | Abul Kalam Mazumdar | Awami League[8] | |
| 1988 | Monirul Haq Chowdhury | Jatiya Party[9] | |
| February 1996 | Amin ur Rashid Yasin | BNP | |
| June 1996 | A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal | Awami League | |
| 2001 | Monirul Haq Chowdhury | BNP | |
| 2008 | Tazul Islam | Awami League | |
| 2026 | Md. Abul Kalam | BNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Tazul Islam | 163,195 | 93.0 | +43.8 | |
| JP(E) | Md. Golam Mostofa Kamal | 12,192 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 151,003 | 86.1 | +85.9 | ||
| Turnout | 175,387 | 54.5 | −36 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Tazul Islam | 117,748 | 49.2 | +4.0 | ||
| BNP | Anwarul Azim | 117,290 | 49.0 | −4.7 | ||
| IAB | Salim Mahmud | 2,230 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| BKA | Md. Ismail | 761 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Mostak Hosen | 731 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Ayub Ali | 630 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 458 | 0.2 | −8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 239,390 | 90.5 | +15.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Monirul Haq Chowdhury | 78,622 | 53.7 | +51.0 | ||
| AL | A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal | 66,175 | 45.2 | −6.1 | ||
| IJOF | Saif Uddin Ahmmad | 496 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| JSD | Munsi Faruk Ahmed | 268 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | M. A. Matin | 225 | 0.2 | −0.2 | ||
| Independent | Abul Kasem | 214 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Rustam Ali Maishan | 209 | 0.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Independent | Md. Rashid | 104 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Quran Sunnah Bastabayan Parishad | Md. Mostafa Kamal | 77 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Independent | Golam Mohiuddin | 74 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 12,447 | 8.5 | −0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 146,464 | 75.1 | −0.1 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal | 57,195 | 51.3 | +13.3 | ||
| JP(E) | Monirul Haq Chowdhury | 47,570 | 42.7 | −4.3 | ||
| BNP | Syed Matiul Islam | 3,010 | 2.7 | −8.3 | ||
| Jamaat | Mostofa Kamal Bhuiyan | 2,602 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | Md. Abdul Matin | 430 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Rustam Ali Maishan | 238 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Fate Ali Member | 212 | 0.2 | −0.5 | ||
| IOJ | Md. Siddiqur Rahman | 97 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Quran Sunnah Bastabayan Parishad | Md. Mostafa Kamal | 82 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | Yakub | 54 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Munshi Faruk Ahmed | 45 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 9,625 | 8.6 | −0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 111,535 | 75.2 | +20.2 | |||
| AL gain from JP(E) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Monirul Haq Chowdhury | 42,746 | 47.0 | ||
| AL | Abul Kalam Mazumdar | 34,612 | 38.0 | ||
| BNP | Rabeya Khatun Chowdhury | 10,017 | 11.0 | ||
| Bangladesh Janata Party | Abdur Razzak | 2,219 | 2.4 | ||
| Zaker Party | Fazal Khan | 675 | 0.7 | ||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Joinal Abedin | 386 | 0.4 | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Abdur Rahman Mazumdar | 351 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 8,134 | 8.9 | |||
| Turnout | 91,006 | 55.0 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
