Comilla-6

Comilla-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar of the Awami League.

Comilla-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictComilla District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate415,884 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Comilla City Corporation, Comilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila, and Comilla Cantonment.[2]

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.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Galiara.[5][6]

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding Comilla City Corporation and Comilla Cantonment.[2][5][7]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique Awami League[8]
1979 Mozammel Haque Bangladesh Nationalist Party[9]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Redwan Ahmed Jatiya Party[10]
1988 Khandaker Abdul Mannan Bangladesh Freedom Party[11]
1991 Redwan Ahmed Independent
February 1996 Khandaker Abdur Rashid National Democratic Alliance
1996 Ali Ashraf Awami League
2001 Redwan Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Comilla-6[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar 59,025 60.1 +5.5
Independent Masud Parvej Khan 38,293 39.0 N/A
NAP Mohammad Ali 888 0.9 N/A
Majority 20,732 21.1 +10.8
Turnout 98,206 31.1 -48.8
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Comilla-6[5][14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar 126,136 54.6 +23.8
BNP Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid Yeasin 102,450 44.3 -24.2
BIF Md. Oli Ahmmed 1,219 0.5 N/A
IAB Masud Ahmad 1,038 0.4 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Sahidur Rahman 174 0.1 N/A
Majority 23,686 10.3 -27.4
Turnout 231,017 79.9 +10.9
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Comilla-6[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Redwan Ahmed 87,483 68.5 +30.8
AL Ali Ashraf 39,364 30.8 -7.3
IJOF Md. Murad Mia Majumder 342 0.3 N/A
Independent Md. Abdus Sattar 228 0.2 N/A
Independent Abul Hasem Munsi 184 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Gazi Abul Kasem 122 0.1 N/A
Majority 48,119 37.7 +37.3
Turnout 127,723 69.0 -4.1
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Comilla-6[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Ali Ashraf 37,090 38.1 -1.9
BNP Redwan Ahmed 36,724 37.7 +35.1
FP Abdur Rashid Khandakar 20,097 20.6 +7.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Ismail Mian 2,157 2.2 N/A
JP(E) Md. Lutfar Reza Khokaon 636 0.7 -0.1
NAP Md. Mohsin Sarkar 271 0.3 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Mobarak Hossain 226 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Murad Miah Muzumdar 220 0.2 N/A
Majority 366 0.4 -0.3
Turnout 97,421 73.1 +23.1
AL gain from Independent
General Election 1991: Comilla-6[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Redwan Ahmed 31,179 40.7
AL Ali Ashraf 30,631 40.0
FP Khandaker Abdul Mannan 9,894 12.9
BNP Z. A. Shamsul Haq 1,955 2.6
Zaker Party A. Mannan Zehadi 1,205 1.6
JP(E) Md. Mujibar Rahman Dilrazi 636 0.8
NAP (Muzaffar) Md. A. Zalil Bhuiyan 549 0.7
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Mafizur Rahman Mazu 492 0.6
Majority 548 0.7
Turnout 76,541 50.0
Independent gain from

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