13th Parliament
Cumilla-8
কুমিল্লা-৮Cumilla district
In the 13th Parliament, the Member of Parliament for the Cumilla-8 constituency is Zakaria Taher, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Current Member of Parliament
Zakaria Taher
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)BusinessProfile →Area of the seat
Barura upazila
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Cumilla-8
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap.
Earlier members for this seat(4)
12th Parliament, 2024Awami LeagueAbu Zafar Mohammod ShofiuddinBangladesh Awami League
11th Parliament, 2018Awami LeagueNasimul Alam ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League
10th Parliament, 2014Jatiya PartyNurul Islam MilonJatiya Party
8th Parliament, 2001BNPLeft.Col. Retd Akbar HossainBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
BNPLeft.Col. Retd Akbar HossainBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)Parliament's database has the records of the 4th, 5th and 7th to 12th Parliaments; the lists of the 1st to 3rd and the 6th Parliaments are not in it. Seats from before the 2008 redrawing of constituency boundaries may have covered a different area, even under the same number.
Election results
13th Parliament, 2026Candidates' total: 220,369 votes
- Zakaria TaherBNPWinner169,17876.8%
- Md. Shafiqul Alam Helal
Jamaat-e-Islami45,09120.5% - Mohammad Golam MorshedBSP3,2241.5%
- Md Golam Sadek
Islami Andolan2,2761.0% - Abdul KaderIslami Oikya Jote2790.1%
- Md. Mofiz Uddin AhmedBRP1610.1%
- Md. Ali AshrafBasad1600.1%
Source: The Business Standard. Not checked against the Election Commission's gazette.Original page