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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Comilla-9
Constituencyfor the Jatiya Sangsad
District Comilla District
Division Chittagong Division
Electorate 361,960 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1973
Parliamentary Party None
Member of Parliament vacant
Council area Laksam Upazila and Monohorgonj Upazila
Prev. Constituency Comilla-8 (Constituency 256)
Next Constituency Comilla-10 (Constituency 258)

Comilla-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024, The constituency is vacant.

The constituency encompasses Laksam and Manoharganj upazilas.[2][3]

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

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Election Member Party
1973 Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed
1979 A. K. M. Abu Zahed
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Abul Kalam Mazumdar
1988 Monirul Haq Chowdhury
1991 Monirul Haq Chowdhury
February 1996 Amin ur Rashid Yasin
June 1996 A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal
2001 Monirul Haq Chowdhury
2008 Tazul Islam
2014
2018
2024

Elections in the 2010s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Comilla-9". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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