Dhaka-12
Dhaka-12 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 339,840 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member of Parliament | vacant |
City Council area | Dhaka North City Corporation |
Prev. Constituency | Dhaka-11 |
Next Constituency | Dhaka-13 |
Dhaka-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 24 through 27, 35, and 36.[2]
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.[3] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Awami League[5] | |
1979 | Jahangir Mohammad Adel | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish | Awami League[7] | |
1988 | Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu | [8] | |
1991 | Md. Niamatullah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
February 1996 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
June 1996 | Dewan Md. Salauddin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2001 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh | Awami League | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2014 | Asaduzzaman Khan | Awami League | |
2018 | |||
2024 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Asaduzzaman Khan was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh | 118,136 | 62.0 | +22.0 | ||
BNP | Khandaker Mahbub Ahmad | 69,262 | 36.3 | −20.8 | ||
IAB | Md. Abdul Awal | 2,552 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Nurun Nahar Habib | 193 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
United Citizen Movement | Md. Shahidul Islam Khan | 158 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Afzal Hossain Bachchu | 127 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
BRWP | Md. Baharana Sultan Bahar | 117 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Abul Kalam Azad | 112 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 48,874 | 25.6 | +8.6 | |||
Turnout | 190,657 | 73.1 | +3.4 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Dewan Md. Salauddin | 139,788 | 57.1 | +12.4 | |
AL | Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad | 98,062 | 40.0 | +10.3 | |
IJOF | Md. Neyamat Ullah | 5,708 | 2.3 | N/A | |
BKA | Hafez Maulana Ali Abbas | 767 | 0.3 | −0.6 | |
CPB | Lina Chakrabarti | 359 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Khandokar Shahin Aldin Rejvi | 177 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 41,726 | 17.0 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 244,861 | 69.7 | −5.2 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Dewan Md. Salauddin | 71,243 | 44.7 | −7.3 | |
AL | Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu | 47,343 | 29.7 | −1.0 | |
JP(E) | Md. Firoj Kabir | 33,361 | 21.0 | +18.4 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Hasan Mahabub | 4,450 | 2.8 | −0.8 | |
BKA | Mohammad Samsuddin | 1,357 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Md. Nazim Uddin | 595 | 0.4 | −0.6 | |
NAP | Md. Mafijul Islam | 421 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Gano Forum | Siraj Uddin Ahmed | 366 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | Gazi Nazrul Islam | 67 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,900 | 15.0 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 159,203 | 74.9 | +15.6 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Md. Niamatullah | 63,279 | 52 | |||
AL | Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish | 37,298 | 30.7 | |||
Independent | Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu | 8,279 | 6.8 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Shahidul Islam | 4,402 | 3.6 | |||
JP(E) | Mezbah | 3,119 | 2.6 | |||
CPB | Mujahidul Islam Selim | 2,282 | 1.9 | |||
Zaker Party | Abul Hasan | 1,211 | 1.0 | |||
BKA | Md. Shamsuddin | 861 | 0.7 | |||
NAP (Muzaffar) | Mafizul Islam | 673 | 0.6 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Abul Hossain | 282 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 25,981 | 21.4 | ||||
Turnout | 121,686 | 59.3 | ||||
BNP gain from |
References
- ^ "Dhaka-12". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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