Comilla-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Zakaria Taher Sumon of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Barura Upazila.
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 reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Muzaffar Ali Awami League 1979 Abdur Rashid Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 1986 Ansar Ahmed Jatiya Party 1991 Akbar Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jun 1996 2001 2008 Nasimul Alam Chowdhury Awami League 2014 Nurul Islam Milon Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2018 Nasimul Alam Chowdhury Awami League 2024 A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim 2026 Zakaria Taher Sumon Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections Elections in the 2020s
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 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
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