Comilla-7 is a constituency of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

(National Parliament) of

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. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Chandina Upazila Chandina () is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Geography Chandina is located at . It has 69,736 households and a total area of 201.01 km2. Chandina township is a class B municipality, which is loca ...

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 An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.

Members of Parliament

Elections

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.

Elections in the 2000s

AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Comilla District {{Coord, 23.49, N, 91.01, E, region:BD_type:adm3rd, display=title