Dhaka-15

Dhaka-15
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	340,480 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2008
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Kamal Ahmed Majumder
City Council area	Dhaka North City Corporation
Prev. Constituency	Dhaka-14
Next Constituency	Dhaka-16

Dhaka-15 is a constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. It has been represented since 2008 by Kamal Ahmed Majumder of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 4, 13, 14, and 16. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shamim Misir	Awami League
	1979	Mirza Ghulam Hafiz	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Kamal Ahmed Majumder	Awami League
	2014		Awami League
	2018		Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-15 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Kamal Ahmed Majumder	1,75,165	79.90	-10.2
	BNP	Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman	39,071	17.82	N/A
	JP(E)	MD SAMSUL HUQ	716	0.03	N/A
Majority			1,35,094	61.38	-18.82
Turnout			2,14,942	64.39	+53.89
	AL hold

General Election 2014: Dhaka-15 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Kamal Ahmed Majumder	30,095	90.1	+31.9
	Independent	Ekhlas Uddin Molla	3,309	9.9	N/A
Majority			26,786	80.2	+58.8
Turnout			33,404	10.5	-61.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-15 ^{[2] [7] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Kamal Ahmed Majumder	120,780	58.2	N/A
	BNP	Muhammad Hamidullah Khan	76,472	36.9	N/A
	Independent	Abdul Kader	6,689	3.2	N/A
	IAB	Mufti Tajul Islam	2,532	1.2	N/A
	CPB	Ahmed Sajedul Haque	628	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party (Bangladesh)	Sheikh Shawkat Hossain	192	0.1	N/A
	BTF	Syed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri	130	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Fayekuzzaman	75	0.0	N/A
Majority			44,308	21.4	N/A
Turnout			207,498	71.7	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

References

1. "Dhaka-15". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "Dhaka-15". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. আওয়ামী লীগের অবস্থান ঢাকায় ১২-১৬ আসনে তুলনামূলক ভাল [The position of Awami League is comparatively better at 12-16 seats in Dhaka]. The Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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