Comilla-7 is a constituency represented in the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

(National Parliament) of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

since 2008 by Ali Ashraf of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Chandina Upazila Chandina ( bn, চান্দিনা) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Geography Chandina is located at . It has 46,856 households and a total area of 201.92 km2. Chandina township is a class B ...

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 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 populatio ...

. 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 ( 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 ...

Barura Upazila Barura ( bn, বরুড়া) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong Division, Chittagong, Bangladesh. History Barura Thana was formed in 1948 and turned into an Upazila in 1983. In 1995 Barura Upazila was turned int ...

: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 Cumilla District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub