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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Comilla-5 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Cumilla District Division Chittagong Division Electorate 476,172 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Md. Jashim Uddin ← 252 Comilla-4 254 Comilla-6 →

**Comilla-5** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Brahmanpara](/source/Brahmanpara_Upazila) and [Burichang](/source/Burichang_Upazila) upazilas.[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Abdul Kuddas Makhan Bangladesh Awami League[3] 1979 Habib Ullah Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[4] Major Boundary Changes 1986 Mohammad Yunus Jatiya Party (Ershad)[5][6] 1988 1991 Abdul Matin Khasru Bangladesh Awami League February 1996 Mujibur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party June 1996 Abdul Matin Khasru Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Mohammad Yunus Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2008 Abdul Matin Khasru Bangladesh Awami League 2014 2018 Jun 2021 by-election Abul Hashem Khan[7] 2024 M A Zaher Independent 2026 Md. Jashim Uddin Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Comilla-5[8][9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Md. Jashim Uddin 134,485 51.29 +16.99 Jamaat Mobarak Hossen 124,547 47.50 +47.50 Majority 9,938 3.79 −88.61 Turnout 262,185 55.06 −11.94 Registered electors 476,172 BNP gain from Independent

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Comilla-5[10][11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Abdul Matin Khasru 206,931 96.2 +32.5 JP(E) Safikur Rahman 8,157 3.8 N/A Majority 198,774 92.4 +63.1 Turnout 215,088 67.0 −16.2 AL hold

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Comilla-5[1][12][13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Abdul Matin Khasru 143,208 63.7 +18.0 BNP ASM Alauddin Bhuiyan 77,260 34.3 −16.4 Independent Abdullah Al Mamun 3,200 1.4 +1.1 People's Front Md. Farid Uddin 379 0.2 N/A Gano Forum Sheikh Abdul Baten 280 0.1 N/A Independent Md. Shaha Uddin 232 0.1 N/A Independent Abul Bashar 232 0.1 N/A Independent Sajeda Arif 168 0.1 N/A Majority 65,948 29.3 +24.3 Turnout 224,959 83.2 +11.8 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Comilla-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mohammad Yunus 96,828 50.7 +21.5 AL Abdul Matin Khasru 87,276 45.7 +6.8 IJOF Tafazzal Hossain 6,034 3.2 N/A Independent Abdullah Al-Mamun 504 0.3 N/A KSJL Md. Delowar Hossain Bhuyan 188 0.1 N/A Majority 9,552 5.0 −4.7 Turnout 190,830 71.4 +0.6 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Comilla-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Abdul Matin Khasru 51,184 38.9 −0.5 BNP Abul Qashem 38,378 29.2 +7.1 JP(E) Md. Ohidun Nabi 30,295 23.1 +6.6 Jamaat Abdur Rouf 10,038 7.6 −7.2 NAP (Bhashani) Md. Sirajul Islam 493 0.4 N/A IOJ A. B. M. Jaher Sharif 421 0.3 N/A Zaker Party Shamsul Alam 340 0.3 −0.6 Independent Mohammad Yunus 268 0.2 N/A Majority 12,806 9.7 −7.6 Turnout 131,417 70.8 +27.1 AL hold

General Election 1991: Comilla-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Abdul Matin Khasru 42,680 39.4 BNP Md. A. Latif 23,960 22.1 JP(E) Mohammad Yunus 17,852 16.5 Jamaat Abdur Rouf 16,048 14.8 FP A. Sattar Bhuiyan 5,924 5.5 Zaker Party Shamsul Alam 1,029 0.9 Independent Tafazzal Hossain 322 0.3 Ganatantri Party Abdul Khaleq 274 0.3 Independent Yusuf Sarwar 261 0.2 Majority 18,720 17.3 Turnout 108,350 43.7 AL gain from JP(E)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-maps_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-maps_1-1) ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1973results_3-0)** ["List of 1st Parliament Members"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_6-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত মিন্টু ও হাসেম"](https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1906252.bdnews). *[Bdnews24.com](/source/Bdnews24.com)* (in Bengali). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210624155018/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1906252.bdnews) from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_10-0)** ["Comilla-5"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180401213552/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=253). *Bangladesh Election Result 2014*. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from [the original](http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=253) on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-amarmp_11-0)** ["Electoral Area Result Statistics: Comilla-5"](https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=111). *AmarMP*. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_13-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_14-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_14-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252) on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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