Comilla-7

Comilla-7
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictComilla District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate329,166 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyIndependent
MemberAtikul Alam Shawon

Comilla-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by independent politician Atikul Alam Shawon.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chandina Upazila.

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. 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 of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 A. W. M. Abdul Haque Awami League
1979 Matruza Hossain Mollah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1986 Mohammad A. Akim Jatiya Party
1988 Mahbubur Rahman
1991 AKM Abu Taher Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Abdul Hakim Awami League
2001 AKM Abu Taher Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2004 by-election Zakaria Taher Sumon
2008 Ali Ashraf Awami League
2021 by-election Pran Gopal Datta
2026 Atikul Alam Shawon Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Comilla-7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Atikul Alam Shawon 90,819 49.83 +49.73
BNP Redwan Ahmed 42,894 23.53 −20.17
Khelafat Majlis Soliman Khan 26,319 14.44 +14.14
Majority 47,925 26.30 +23.00
Turnout 186,120 56.54 −29.46
Registered electors 329,166
Independent gain from AL

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.

General Election 2008: Comilla-7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Ali Ashraf 79,440 46.9 +8.4
BNP Khorshed Alam 73,933 43.7 −14.9
LDP Redwan Ahmed 14,276 8.4 N/A
IAB Md. Abul Kalam 762 0.5 N/A
BKM Wali Ullah 504 0.3 N/A
JSD Md Mohiuddin Mia 191 0.1 N/A
Independent Mehnaz Rashid Khondakar 159 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,507 3.3 −16.8
Turnout 169,265 86.0 +11.6
AL gain from BNP

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

General Election 2001: Comilla-7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP AKM Abu Taher 89,623 58.6 +21.6
AL Abdul Hakim 58,898 38.5 −1.8
IJOF Nurul Islam Milon 3,964 2.6 N/A
Independent Md. Abul Hasem 288 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Mohsin Kabir Bhuiya 85 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Farhad Hossain 62 0.0 N/A
Majority 30,725 20.1 +16.8
Turnout 152,920 74.4 +1.8
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdul Hakim 44,855 40.3 +3.0
BNP AKM Abu Taher 41,224 37.0 −1.4
JP(E) Nurul Islam Milon 20,751 18.6 −2.8
Jamaat Md. Delowar Hossain 2,797 2.5 N/A
BIF M. A. Latif 628 0.6 +0.4
Zaker Party Md. Ali Asgor 411 0.4 +0.3
IOJ Yakub Sharafati 365 0.3 N/A
Independent Arifur Rahman Mojumder 144 0.1 N/A
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) Khandarkar Jillur Rahman 124 0.1 N/A
Gano Forum Abu Taher 92 0.1 N/A
Majority 3,631 3.3 +2.2
Turnout 111,391 72.6 +19.8
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Comilla-7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP AKM Abu Taher 36,068 38.4
AL Abdul Hakim 35,059 37.3
JP(E) Md. Nurul Islam 20,053 21.4
WPB Nazim Ali 587 0.6
NAP (Muzaffar) Abdul Gaffar 545 0.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Shahid Ullah 447 0.5
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Kazi Nazmul Sayadat 422 0.4
Independent Kasem Shafi Ullah 412 0.4
BIF Khorshed Alam 208 0.2
Zaker Party Abu Taher 98 0.1
Majority 1,009 1.1
Turnout 93,899 52.8
BNP gain from

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