Comilla-9

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

Comilla-9
Constituency for 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)

Boundaries

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

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.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed	Awami League[6]
	1979	A. K. M. Abu Zahed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abul Kalam Mazumdar	Awami League[8]
	1988	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[9]
	1991	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	Jatiya Party
	February 1996	Amin ur Rashid Yasin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal	Awami League
	2001	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Tazul Islam	Awami League
	2014
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Comilla-9^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tazul Islam	163,195	93.0	+43.8
	JP(E)	Md. Golam Mostofa Kamal	12,192	7.0	N/A
Majority			151,003	86.1	+85.9
Turnout			175,387	54.5	−36
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-9^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Tazul Islam	117,748	49.2	+4.0
	BNP	Anwarul Azim	117,290	49.0	−4.7
	IAB	Salim Mahmud	2,230	0.9	N/A
	BKA	Md. Ismail	761	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Mostak Hosen	731	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ayub Ali	630	0.3	N/A
Majority			458	0.2	−8.3
Turnout			239,390	90.5	+15.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Comilla-9^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	78,622	53.7	+51.0
	AL	A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal	66,175	45.2	−6.1
	IJOF	Saif Uddin Ahmmad	496	0.3	N/A
	JSD	Munsi Faruk Ahmed	268	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	M. A. Matin	225	0.2	−0.2
	Independent	Abul Kasem	214	0.1	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Rustam Ali Maishan	209	0.1	−0.1
	Independent	Md. Rashid	104	0.1	N/A
	Quran Sunnah Bastabayan Parishad	Md. Mostafa Kamal	77	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Golam Mohiuddin	74	0.1	N/A
Majority			12,447	8.5	−0.1
Turnout			146,464	75.1	−0.1
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-9^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal	57,195	51.3	+13.3
	JP(E)	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	47,570	42.7	−4.3
	BNP	Syed Matiul Islam	3,010	2.7	−8.3
	JI	Mostofa Kamal Bhuiyan	2,602	2.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Abdul Matin	430	0.4	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Rustam Ali Maishan	238	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Fate Ali Member	212	0.2	−0.5
	IOJ	Md. Siddiqur Rahman	97	0.1	N/A
	Quran Sunnah Bastabayan Parishad	Md. Mostafa Kamal	82	0.1	N/A
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Yakub	54	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Munshi Faruk Ahmed	45	0.0	N/A
Majority			9,625	8.6	−0.3
Turnout			111,535	75.2	+20.2
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Comilla-9^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Monirul Haq Chowdhury	42,746	47.0
	AL	Abul Kalam Mazumdar	34,612	38.0
	BNP	Rabeya Khatun Chowdhury	10,017	11.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdur Razzak	2,219	2.4
	Zaker Party	Fazal Khan	675	0.7
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Joinal Abedin	386	0.4
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Abdur Rahman Mazumdar	351	0.4
Majority			8,134	8.9
Turnout			91,006	55.0
	JP(E) hold