Dhaka-5

Dhaka-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	450,608 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Moshiur Rahman Mollah
City Council area	Dhaka South City Corporation
Prev. Constituency	Dhaka-4
Next Constituency	Dhaka-6

Dhaka-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 2024, it has been held by Moshiur Rahman Mollah of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 48 through 50, and four union parishads of Demra, Jatrabari, and Shyampur thanas: Dhania, Demra, Matuail, and Sarulia. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

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 altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shah Moazzem Hossain	Awami League [6]
	1979		Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohamed Rahmat Ullah	Awami League [8]
	1988	Mohammad Siraj Uddin Ahmed	[9]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	AKM Rahmat Ullah	Awami League
	2001	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Habibur Rahman Mollah	Awami League
	2014		Awami League
	2018		Awami League
	Oct 2020 by-election	Kazi Monirul Islam Manu	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-5 ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Habibur Rahman Mollah	108,038	95.0	+41.1
	BTF	Arju Shah Sayedabadi	2,442	2.1	+2.0
	JP(E)	Md. Monir Hossain Komol	1,748	1.5	-2.6
	NAP	Md. Abdur Rashid	1,439	1.3	+0.8
Majority			105,596	92.9	+74.1
Turnout			113,669	27.7	-50.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-5 ^{[2] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Habibur Rahman Mollah	153,144	53.9	+11.3
	BNP	Salah Uddin Ahmed	99,895	35.2	-18.8
	JP(E)	Syed Abu Hossain	17,246	6.1	N/A
	IAB	ATM Hemayet Uddin	9,247	3.3	N/A
	NAP	Md. Abdur Rashid	1,364	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abu Bakar Siddik Khan	1,227	0.4	N/A
	PDP	Md. Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury	444	0.2	N/A
	BTF	Md. Sanowar Hossen	312	0.1	N/A
	BSD	Zulfiker Ali	201	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Md. Abul Hossen	178	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Mazedur Rahman Khan	157	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Wali Ullah Patuary	113	0.0	N/A
	KSJL	Nazma Akter	105	0.0	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Minhaz Uddin Ahmed	93	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Zamir Ahmed	75	0.0	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Safar Ali	68	0.0	N/A
Majority			53,249	18.8	+7.4
Turnout			283,869	78.5	+16.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-5 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	211,440	54.0	+14.8
	AL	AKM Rahmat Ullah	166,832	42.6	-4.9
	IJOF	Md. Alfaz Uddin	11,558	3.0	N/A
	JSD	Md. Amir Ali Mattabbar	579	0.1	0.0
	BKA	Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi	424	0.1	0.0
	Independent	S. M. Amzad Ali	253	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Rizwanul Islam Rubel	92	0.0	N/A
	KSJL	Laskar Keramat Ali	89	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shahadat Hossain	57	0.0	N/A
Majority			44,608	11.4	+3.1
Turnout			391,324	61.8	-6.6
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-5 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKM Rahmat Ullah	132,443	47.5
	BNP	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	109,370	39.2
	JP(E)	Kazi Golam Dostagir	24,557	8.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Asraful Haque	7,366	2.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Momin Uddin Sarder	1,589	0.6
	IOJ	Mojir Uddin Ahmed	1,431	0.5
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Anisuzzaman Khokon	665	0.2
	Gano Forum	Zamil Chowdhury	506	0.2
	JSD	Abul Hossain	257	0.1
	BKA	Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi	199	0.1
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Anisuzzaman Bhuyan	128	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Liaqat Hossain	99	0.0
	Independent	Md. Azizur Rahman	81	0.0
	Independent	Md. Zahirul Haque	81	0.0
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Hannan Hossain Chowdhury	67	0.0
	FP	Fakhrul Ahsan Rana	56	0.0
	Jana Dal	Mina Rahman	44	0.0
Majority			23,073	8.3
Turnout			278,939	68.4
	AL gain from BNP

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: Bogra-7, ^[15] Dhaka-5, Dhaka-9, ^[16] Feni-1, and Chittagong-8. ^[17] After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[18] Mohammad Quamrul Islam of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[19]

General Election 1991: Dhaka-5 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	71,266	51.5
	AL	Sahara Khatun	45,811	33.1
	Independent	Mohammad Siraj Uddin Ahmed	10,725	7.7
	JP(E)	Golam Kadir	3,947	2.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Kaiser Hamid	2,827	2.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Saidul Islam Montu	1,920	1.4
	BKA	Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi	821	0.6
	Independent	Mojammal Huq	436	0.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ataul Karim Faruk	202	0.1
	Janata Mukti Party	Shamsur Rahman	168	0.1
	Independent	G M L Kabir	104	0.1
	Bangladesh Republican Party	Shirajul Huq	80	0.1
	Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti Dal	Md. Yakub	49	0.0
	Independent	Md. Abul Hasan	29	0.0
	Janasakti Party	Md. Abdullah Al Naser	26	0.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	A. H. M. Amzad Hossian	20	0.0
	Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal	Afzaluddin Chowdhury	14	0.0
Majority			25,455	18.4
Turnout			138,445	47.7
	BNP gain from JP(E)

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