Dhaka-18
Appearance
Dhaka-18 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 555,773 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Parliamentary Party | None |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
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.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 1 and 17, and Dakshin Khan, Khilkhet, Turag, Uttara, and Uttar Khan thanas.[2][3]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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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
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Sahara Khatun | 160,820 | 96.2 | +32.5 | |
BNF | Atikur Rahman Nazim | 6,417 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 154,403 | 92.3 | +63.5 | ||
Turnout | 167,237 | 33.4 | −42.3 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sahara Khatun | 213,332 | 63.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Azizul Baree Helal | 116,786 | 34.9 | N/A | |
IAB | Md. Farid Uddin Dewan | 1,883 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Liakat Hossain Miah | 837 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Abu Ahammad Zahirul Amin Khan | 656 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Sk. Shahidujjaman | 385 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Gano Forum | Ameen Ahmed Afsary | 319 | 0.1 | N/A | |
BTF | A. H. Mostfa Kamal | 272 | 0.1 | N/A | |
BKA | Md. Shahidulla Kazi | 219 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Gano Front | Md. Aman Ullah Sikder | 105 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 96,546 | 28.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 334,794 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
AL win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Dhaka-18". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "Dhaka-18". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
External links
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