Dhaka-7

Dhaka-7
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	328,181 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament	Mohammad Solaiman Salim
City Council area	Dhaka South City Corporation
Prev. Constituency	Dhaka-6
Next Constituency	Dhaka-8

Dhaka-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mohammad Solaiman Salim, of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 23 through 33, 35, and 36. ^{[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	Abdul Karim Bepari	Bangladesh Awami League [6]
	1979	Siddiquir Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Jahangir Mohammad Adel	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1988
	1991	Sadeque Hossain Khoka	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Haji Mohammad Salim	Independent
	2018		Bangladesh Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-7 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Haji Mohammad Salim	42,728	58.1	N/A
	AL	Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin	30,733	41.8	-23.6
	Independent	Muhammad Riaz Uddin	3,120	4.1%	N/A
Majority			11,995	16.3	-17.5
Turnout			76,581	24.4	-56.7
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-7 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin	146,347	65.4	+22.2
	BNP	Md. Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pinto	70,747	31.6	-22.8
	IAB	Md. Nurol Amin	2,197	1.0	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Sarafat Ali Hira	1,268	0.6	N/A
	Gano Forum	Sahida Amir	950	0.4	N/A
	BKA	Md. Jaforullah Khan	672	0.3	-0.3
	Independent	Md. Eiah Hiah Ahmed	478	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Azmire Begam	427	0.2	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Rahim	247	0.1	N/A
	NAP	Md. Mostofa Kamal	208	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Saroar Hosain	102	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	M. Ibrahim Adil Khan	50	0.0	N/A
	BJP	Md. Munirol Islam Skedar	42	0.0	N/A
Majority			75,600	33.8	+22.6
Turnout			223,735	81.1	+13.8
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-7 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sadeque Hossain Khoka	123,686	54.4	+9.4
	AL	Mohammad Syed	98,229	43.2	-0.6
	IJOF	Jahangir Mohammad Adel	3,093	1.4	N/A
	BKA	Abdul Malek Chowdhury	1,378	0.6	+0.5
	JSD	Md. Anowar Hossain	229	0.1	+0.1
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Muhammad Mahsin Kabir	120	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shamim Ahmed	75	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Salah Uddin Ahmed	72	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh People's Congress	Md. Nurul Islam	60	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Aslam	59	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abu Syed	46	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Md. Kudrat Ullah	45	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jahangir Alam	40	0.0	N/A
	BKSMA (Sadeq)	Krishak Md. Sadeq	32	0.0	N/A
	BAKSAL	M. A. Shahid	22	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Nasimul Gani Khan	21	0.0	N/A
Majority			25,457	11.2	+10.0
Turnout			227,207	67.3	-5.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-7 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sadek Hossain	87,255	45.0	-11.7
	AL	Fajlul Karim	84,940	43.8	+7.3
	JP(E)	Jahangir Mohammad Adel	13,287	6.9	+5.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A.K.M Abdus Salam	3,494	1.8	+0.1
	Zaker Party	Hammadul Akbar	1,648	0.9	-0.7
	IOJ	Lutfar Rahman	1,319	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Samsuzzaman Mintu	369	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Sahida Amir	367	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Abdul Malek Chowdhury	170	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Nasir Uddin Pannu	159	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Vhashani Adarsha Bastabayana Parishad	Syed Minar Hossain Minu	107	0.1	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Rowshan Ara Begum	87	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Tanjimul Muslimin	Nur Hossain Chowdury	81	0.0	N/A
	FP	Md. Ansar Sikdar	77	0.0	-0.3
	Independent	Nasir Ali	76	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Jatiya League (Sobhan)	Abdus Sobhan	61	0.0	N/A
	JSD	Habibur Rahman Showkat	45	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Majibur Rahman	42	0.0	N/A
	Ganatantrik Sarbahara Party	Qazi Farid Ahmed	38	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Hafizur Rahman	37	0.0	-0.1
	Social Democratic Party	Md. Nurul Islam	36	0.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Humayun Kabir	32	0.0	-0.6
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Nurjahan Taleb Munshi	18	0.0	N/A
	NDP	Md. Abul Kashem	15	0.0	-0.1
Majority			2,315	1.2	-18.9
Turnout			193,760	72.6	+14.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Dhaka-7 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sadeque Hossain Khoka	76,601	56.7
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	49,362	36.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. K. M. Abdus Salam	2,262	1.7
	Zaker Party	Sageer Ahmed	2,168	1.6
	JP(E)	Shafiqur Rahman	1,992	1.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Begum Razia Alim	757	0.6
	FP	Liyakat Hossain	454	0.3
	Ganatantri Party	Mahmudur Rahman Babu	269	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nazirul Islam	187	0.1
	Independent	Jahangir Khan	184	0.1
	Independent	Abdur Rahman	159	0.1
	UCL	Naseem Ali	150	0.1
	Independent	Khalilur Rahman	128	0.1
	NDP	Alamagir Hossain	96	0.1
	Independent	Ahmed Aorangajeb Kabir	88	0.1
	Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot	Md. Mujibur Rahman Hiru	73	0.1
	JSD (S)	Md. Gofran Miyan	64	0.0
	Independent	Millat Hossain	56	0.0
	Independent	Md. Ibrahim Hossain	48	0.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	Md. Foyez Box Kadri	36	0.0
	Bangladesh People's League (Garib A Nawaz)	Nasir Uddin Pannu	28	0.0
	Independent	Abdul Malek Chowdhury	17	0.0
	Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal	M. A. Ahsan Atik	15	0.0
Majority			27,239	20.1
Turnout			135,194	58.1
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

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

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