Comilla-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by independent politician Atikul Alam Shawon.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chandina Upazila.
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. 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 of Barura Upazila:Chitadda.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 A. W. M. Abdul Haque Awami League 1979 Matruza Hossain Mollah Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1986 Mohammad A. Akim Jatiya Party 1988 Mahbubur Rahman 1991 AKM Abu Taher Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jun 1996 Abdul Hakim Awami League 2001 AKM Abu Taher Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2004 by-election Zakaria Taher Sumon 2008 Ali Ashraf Awami League2021 by-election Pran Gopal Datta 2026 Atikul Alam Shawon Independent
Elections Elections in the 2020s
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.
AKM Abu Taher died in September 2004. Zakaria Taher Sumon, his son, was elected in a December by-election.
Elections in the 1990s
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