Comilla-8 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2019 by
Nasimul Alam Chowdhury
Nasimul Alam Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Member of the Bangladesh Parliament from Comilla-8
Comilla-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Nasimul Ala ...
of the
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The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Barura Upazila
Barura ( bn, বরুড়া) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
History
Barura Thana was formed in 1948 and turned into an Upazila in 1983. In 1995 Barura Upazila was turned into a municipality.
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History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the
Election Commission
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reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five
union parishads of
Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila
Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila (Comilla Central South Upazila) is an upazila of Comilla District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
Administration
Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila is divided into Comilla Dakshin Municipality (part of the city of Co ...
: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Nurul Islam Milon was elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the
Election Commission
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planned a by-election for 7 September. The
High Court, however, blocked the by-election on the grounds that it would be wasteful, as the parliament's tenure was due to end in October with the formation of a caretaker government in preparation for the next general election.
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Cumilla District
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