Dhaka-18

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Dhaka-18
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Dhaka District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate555,773 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created2008
Parliamentary Party Independent Politician
Member of Parliament Md.Khasru Chowdhury
City Council area Dhaka North City Corporation
Prev. Constituency Dhaka-17
Next Constituency Dhaka-19

Dhaka-18 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Md Khosru Chowdhury of the Awami League since January 2024.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 1 and 17, and Dakshin Khan, Khilkhet, Turag, Uttara, and Uttar Khan thanas. [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

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mohammad Anwar Jung Talukdar Awami League
1979 Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Sahara Khatun Awami League
2014
2018
Nov 2020 by-election Mohammad Habib Hasan Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-18 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Sahara Khatun 160,82096.2+32.5
BNF Atikur Rahman Nazim6,4173.8N/A
Majority154,40392.3+63.5
Turnout 167,23733.4-42.3
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-18 [2] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Sahara Khatun 213,33263.7N/A
BNP Azizul Baree Helal116,78634.9N/A
IAB Md. Farid Uddin Dewan1,8830.6N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Liakat Hossain Miah8370.3N/A
Independent Abu Ahammad Zahirul Amin Khan6560.2N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan PartySk. Shahidujjaman3850.1N/A
Gano Forum Ameen Ahmed Afsary3190.1N/A
BTF A. H. Mostfa Kamal2720.1N/A
BKA Md. Shahidulla Kazi2190.1N/A
Gano FrontMd. Aman Ullah Sikder1050.0N/A
Majority96,54628.8N/A
Turnout 334,79475.7N/A
AL win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "Dhaka-18". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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-18". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. 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.

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