Dhaka-9

Dhaka-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Dhaka-9
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	449,952 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 181 Dhaka-8 183 Dhaka-10 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and three union parishads of Khilgaon and Sabujbagh thanas: Dakshingaon, Manda, and Nasirabad.^[1][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
	1973	Rafiq Uddin Ahmed	Awami League[5]
	1979	Nurul Haque	BNP[6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mahmudul Hasan	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1988	M Korban Ali
	1990 by-election	Abul Hasnat
	Sep 1991 by-election	Jamiruddin Sarkar	BNP
	Feb 1996	Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad
	Jun 1996	Makbul Hossain	Awami League
	2001	Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad	BNP
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Saber Hossain Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Saber Hossain Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-9^[1][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Saber Hossain Chowdhury	179,756	64.9	+25.7
	BNP	Shirin Sultana	92,227	33.3	−24.0
	IAB	Md. Fazlul Haq Mrida	2,648	1.0	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Shadek Ahmed Khan	585	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Nishar Uddin Ahmed Kazal	444	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Abdur Rashid Gazi	441	0.2	−0.1
	National People's Party	Harun or Rashid	220	0.1	N/A
	BJP	Rahmat Ullah	172	0.1	N/A
	BSD	Md. Emam Hossain Khan	140	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Juleka Haq Mrida	110	0.0	N/A
	People's Front	Krishak Md. Shadek	82	0.0	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nurul Absar	22	0.0	N/A
Majority			87,529	31.6	+13.5
Turnout			276,847	77.7	+21.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad	126,985	57.3	+17.4
	AL	Makbul Hossain	86,908	39.2	−5.1
	IJOF	Md. Nasir Uddin Mamun	5,636	2.5	N/A
	BKA	Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury	544	0.2	+0.1
	CPB	Abdul Maleq	465	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Bazlur Rashid Firoz	290	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Eaar Ahmed	204	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Md. Abdul Khaleque	154	0.1	N/A
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Khaleda Begum	101	0.0	−3.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	93	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Sohrab Khan	83	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Abu Bakar Siddiq	49	0.0	N/A
	Despram Party	Marshal Shah Alam	33	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shah Alam	33	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ali Akbar Khan	31	0.0	N/A
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Md. Abdul Halim	24	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Rashidul Habib	18	0.0	N/A
Majority			40,077	18.1	+13.7
Turnout			221,651	56.3	−10.2
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Makbul Hossain	84,150	44.3
	BNP	Mir Showkat Ali	75,855	39.9
	JP(E)	Kazi Firoj Rashid	8,738	4.6
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Salman F. Rahman	6,061	3.2
	JI	Md. Nazrul Islam	5,626	3.0
	Gano Forum	Kamal Hossain	5,185	2.7
	IOJ	Md. Ali Akbar	1,804	0.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Shafiuddin	749	0.4
	Desh Prem Party	Marshal Shah Alam	532	0.3
	Independent	Faiz Ahmed	251	0.1
	BKA	Md. Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	160	0.1
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Bazlur Rashid Firoz	153	0.1
	Pragotishil Ganatantrik Sakti	Wahiduzzaman	134	0.1
	Bangladesh Jatiya Agrani Party	Abdur Rahman Sakdar	131	0.1
	Independent	Md. F. Rahman	122	0.1
	Jana Dal	Shamim Rahman Talukdar	86	0.0
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Md. Mustafizur Rahman Khan Mostafa	71	0.0
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Md. Mahabubur Rahman	45	0.0
	FP	A. S. M. Jamaluddin	35	0.0
	Bangladesh Krishak Raj Islami Party (F.Hq. Sardar)	Qari Md. Fazlul Haque Sardar	33	0.0
	Bangladesh Islamic Biplobi Parishad	Sk. Md. Obaidullah Bin S. Jalalabad	29	0.0
	Independent	Farid Uddin Zakir Khan	23	0.0
	Bangladesh Manabadhikar Dal	B. H. Rana	20	0.0
	Independent	Md. Arif Howlader	18	0.0
Majority			8,295	4.4
Turnout			190,011	66.5
	AL gain from BNP

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: Bogra-7,^[13] Dhaka-5,^[14] Dhaka-9, Feni-1, and Chittagong-8.^[15] After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.^[16] J. U. Sirker of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.^[17]

General Election 1991: Dhaka-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	55,946	60.4
	AL	Sajeda Chowdhury	29,464	31.8
	JI	Md. Ruhul Amin	2,505	2.7
	JP(E)	Umme Kawser Salma Bin	1,829	2.0
	Zaker Party	Taufiqur Rahman	928	1.0
	BKA	Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury	455	0.5
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Shamsuddin Ahmed	432	0.5
	Janata Mukti Party	Salah Uddin Chowdhury Bulu	408	0.4
	Independent	Shah Alam	144	0.2
	Pragotishil Ganatantrik Sakti	Md. Wahiduzzaman	120	0.1
	Independent	S. M. Majibar Rahman Majnu	94	0.1
	Independent	Shahab Uddin Ahmed	75	0.1
	JSD (S)	Zahanara Begum	46	0.0
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Md. Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa	40	0.0
	Bangladesh Bekar Samaj	Zahurul Alam	39	0.0
	BAKSAL	M. A. Satter	36	0.0
	Jatiya Sramajibi Party	Abdul Khalek	28	0.0
	NAP (Bhashani-Mur Mohammad Kazi)	Mujibur Rahman	27	0.0
	Bangladesh Jatiya People's Party	Md. Abdul Hai	25	0.0
	Bangladesh Manobatabadi Dal	Md. Razu Ahmed Razu	25	0.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	A. F. M. Harunar Rashid	19	0.0
	Independent	A. Naser Ajam Khan	15	0.0
Majority			26,482	28.6
Turnout			92,700	50.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)