Dhaka-20 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 320,223 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Parliamentary Party | None |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
Council area | Dhamrai Upazila |
Prev. Constituency | Dhaka-19 |
Next Constituency | Gazipur-1 |
Dhaka-20 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
The constituency encompasses Dhamrai Upazila. [2] [3]
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] At the previous general election, in 2001, Dhamrai Upazila corresponded to constituency Dhaka-13. [5] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20. [6] [7] One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-13, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-20.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Tajuddin Ahmad | Awami League | |
1979 | Dewan Mohammad Idris | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League | |
2014 | M. A. Maleque | Awami League | |
2018 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League [1] | |
2024 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League [8] | |
Benzir Ahmed was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain. [9] [10]
M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Benzir Ahmed | 133,437 | 58.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Ziaur Rahman Khan | 93,177 | 41.0 | N/A | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | M. A. Mannan | 521 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 40,260 | 17.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 227,135 | 88.5 | N/A | ||
AL win (new seat) |
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