{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Comilla-8 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = কুমিল্লা-৮.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Cumilla District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Chittagong Division]] |population = |electorate = 380,833 (2026) |towns = |future = |year = 1973 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Zakaria Taher Sumon]] |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | local_council_label = | local_council = |next = |previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Comilla-7|255 Comilla-7]]}}{{align|right|[[Comilla-9|258 Comilla-9]] →}} }} '''Cumilla-8''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Zakaria Taher Sumon]], a member of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]], is the incumbent representative since February 2026.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Barura Upazila]].<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included Comilla Dakshin Municipality and five [[union parishad]]s of [[Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila]]: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran, but had excluded one union parishad of Barura Upazila: Chitadda.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Muzaffar Ali (politician)|Muzaffar Ali]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Abdur Rashid (engineer)|Abdur Rashid]] | [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Ansar Ahmed]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |rowspan="3" | [[Akbar Hossain (politician)|Akbar Hossain]] |rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Nasimul Alam Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Nurul Islam Milon]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Nasimul Alam Chowdhury]] |rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /><!-- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> |- | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[A.Z.M. Shafiuddin Shamim]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Zakaria Taher Sumon]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Comilla-8<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-13 |title=BNP wins 8 seats in Cumilla, Jamaat and independents take 3 |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-wins-8-seats-cumilla-jamaat-and-independents-take-3-1360401 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zakaria Taher Sumon]] |votes = 169,278 |percentage = 76.58 |change = +31.08 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shafiqul Alam Helal |votes = 124,187 |percentage = 56.18 |change = +47.58 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 45,091 |percentage = 20.40 |change = +13.10 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 221,059 |percentage = 58.05 |change = -26.35 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 380,833 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Nurul Islam Milon was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladesh general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Comilla-8<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Nasimul Alam Chowdhury]] |votes = 141,428 |percentage = 52.8 |change = +27.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zakaria Taher]] |votes = 121,887 |percentage = 45.5 |change = -3.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Sayed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri |votes = 1,507 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Latif |votes = 1,372 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Delowar Hosan Sarkar |votes = 1,004 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Saifur Rahman Tapan |votes = 448 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 19,541 |percentage = 7.3 |change = -15.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 267,646 |percentage = 84.4 |change = +24.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Akbar Hossain died in June 2006. To fill the vacant seat, the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] planned a by-election for 7 September. The [[High Court Division|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.<ref name="bdn19Aug2006" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Comilla-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Akbar Hossain (politician)|Akbar Hossain]] |votes = 65,447 |percentage = 48.5 |change = +4.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = A. T. M. Shamsul Haque |votes = 34,399 |percentage = 25.5 |change = -7.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[AKM Bahauddin Bahar]] |votes = 31,490 |percentage = 23.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Anowar Hossain |votes = 1,911 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Shah Nuruzzaman Al Q |votes = 1,043 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Saifur Rahman Tapan |votes = 494 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Jane Alam |votes = 185 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 31,048 |percentage = 23.0 |change = +12.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 134,969 |percentage = 59.5 |change = -9.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Comilla-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Akbar Hossain (politician)|Akbar Hossain]] |votes = 51,080 |percentage = 43.8 |change = -12.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = A. T. M. Shamsul Haque |votes = 38,577 |percentage = 33.1 |change = +3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Ansar Ahmed]] |votes = 20,697 |percentage = 17.7 |change = +16.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Aminul Haque |votes = 5,481 |percentage = 4.7 |change = -3.9 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Wahidul Islam |votes = 433 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Abdul Mazid |votes = 300 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mazedul Islam |votes = 151 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 12,503 |percentage = 10.7 |change = -16.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 116,699 |percentage = 68.5 |change = +13.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Comilla-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Akbar Hossain (politician)|Akbar Hossain]] |votes = 54,496 |percentage = 56.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[AKM Bahauddin Bahar]] |votes = 28,552 |percentage = 29.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Jashim Uddin Sarkar |votes = 8,392 |percentage = 8.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Shahidul Haq Selim |votes = 2,221 |percentage = 2.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Shree Ramen Datta |votes = 1,581 |percentage = 1.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Wahidul Islam |votes = 588 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Shiv Narayan Das |votes = 428 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = Md. Zahirul Islam |votes = 295 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) |candidate = Abdur Rauf |votes = 234 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Md. Abdur Rauf |votes = 200 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ahmed Mirza Khabir |votes = 141 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 25,944 |percentage = 26.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 97,128 |percentage = 55.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Cumilla-8 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cumilla-8&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152017/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="bdn19Aug2006">{{cite news |last=Adam |first=Gani |date=19 August 2006 |title=By-elections to Dinajpuir-3 and Commilla-8 seats may not be held EC secretary |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2006/08/19/by-elections-to-dinajpuir-3-and-comilla-8-seats-may-not-be-held-ec-secretary |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=255 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=255 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
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