Dhaka-20

Dhaka-20 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Dhaka-20
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	320,223 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973 (Original) 2008 (Redistricted)
← 192 Dhaka-19 194 Gazipur-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhamrai Upazila.^[2][3]

History

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Tajuddin Ahmad	Awami League
	1979	Dewan Mohammad Idris	BNP
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Benzir Ahmed	Awami League[1][8]
	2014	M. A. Maleque
	2018	Benzir Ahmed

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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]

Elections in the 2010s

M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[11]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-20^[2][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

References

1. "Dhaka-20". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 340. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
6. "133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats". The Daily Star. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
7. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
8. "ঢাকা-২০ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
9. "Dhaka-20 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
10. "ঢাকা-২০ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
11. 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.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

External links

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

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