Dhaka-19

Dhaka-19
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	746,947 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2008
Parliamentary Party	Independent
Member of Parliament	Mohammad Saiful Islam
Council area	Savar Upazila
Prev. Constituency	Dhaka-18
Next Constituency	Dhaka-20

Dhaka-19 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mohammad Saiful Islam.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all but the four southernmost union parishads of Savar Upazila: Amin Bazar, Bhakurta, Kaundia, and Tetuljhora. ^{[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 Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20. ^{[5] [6]} One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-12, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-19.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included one more union parishad of Savar Upazila: Kaundia. ^{[2] [3] [7]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Ataur Rahman Khan	BJL
	1979	Mohammad Habibullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad	Awami League
	2014	Md. Enamur Rahman	Awami League
	2018		Awami League
	2024	Mohammad Saiful Islam	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Md. Enamur Rahman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-19 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad	282,492	61.9	N/A
	BNP	Dewan Md. Salauddin	170,719	37.4	N/A
	IAB	Hazi Ibrahim	2,160	0.5	N/A
	CPB	Lina Chakrabarti	651	0.1	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Abu Yousuf Khan	569	0.1	N/A
Majority			111,773	24.5	N/A
Turnout			456,591	75.8	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

References

1. "Dhaka-19". 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. "133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats". The Daily Star. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
6. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
7. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

External links

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

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