Comilla-10 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
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since 2008 by
Mustafa Kamal of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Comilla Sadar Dakshin,
Lalmai, and
Nangalkot
Nangalkot ( bn, নাঙ্গলকোট) is an upazila, an administrative unit, of the Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong Division, Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is a rural area with no urban settlements. It has 11 unions, the lowest o ...
upazilas.
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
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expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila. Previously it had excluded Comilla Dakshin Municipality and the upazila's six northernmost
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Galiara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran.
Ahead of the
2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding Lalmai Upazila, which had been created in 2017 from union parishads of
Comilla Sadar Upazila
Comilla Adarsha Sadar is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Administration
Comilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila is divided into Comilla Municipality and eight union parishads: Amratoli, Dakshin Durgapur, Jagannath ...
and
Laksam Upazila
Laksam ( bn, লাকসাম) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Laksam is widely known as the birthplace of Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani.
History
Laksam was made into an upazila in 1983. On 6 April ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Mustafa Kamal was re-elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Cumilla District
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