Dhaka-1

Dhaka-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Salman F Rahman of the Awami League.

Dhaka-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	440,287 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Salman F Rahman

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas.^[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 added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15,^[5] and reducing the extent of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abu Md. Saidur Rahman	Awami League^[6]
	1979	Khandaker Delwar Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shahid Khandaker	Jatiya Party^[8]^[9]
	1988
	1991	Nazmul Huda	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001
	2008	Abdul Mannan Khan	Awami League
	2014	Salma Islam	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018		Awami League
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Salma Islam	53,341	52.3	N/A
	AL	Abdul Mannan Khan	48,690	47.7	-7.2
Majority			4,651	4.6	-7.5
Turnout			102,031	26.9	-61.9
	JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-1^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Mannan Khan	155,864	54.9	+6.4
	BNP	Abdul Mannan	121,377	42.8	-8.6
	IAB	Mijanur Rahaman Milon	4,681	1.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mokter Hossain	1,303	0.5	N/A
	BRWP	Khandaker Ali Abbas	473	0.2	N/A
	PDP	Shudhir Kumar Hazra	194	0.1	N/A
Majority			34,487	12.1	+9.2
Turnout			283,892	88.8	+10.0
	AL gain from BNP		Swing	+7.5

General Election 2001: Dhaka-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazmul Huda	48,347	51.4	-3.6
	AL	Salman F Rahman	45,576	48.5	+19.7
	Jatiya Party (M)	Haroon-Ur-Rashid Khan	110	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,771	2.9	-23.3
Turnout			94,033	78.8	-1.2
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazmul Huda	38,172	55.0	-5.8
	AL	Md. Hasem Ali	20,005	28.8	-5.6
	JP(E)	Shahid Khandaker	6,133	8.8	+8.4
	IOJ	A. Rahim	2,703	3.9	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mohammed Ullah	1,037	1.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Matiur Rahman	569	0.8	-3.2
	WPB	Md. Karam Ali	245	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Md. Shamsul Haque Bachchu	213	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Jahanara Begum	184	0.3	N/A
	BKA	Mohiuddin Ahmed	159	0.2	N/A
Majority			18,167	26.2	-0.1
Turnout			69,420	80.0	+19.3
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Dhaka-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazmul Huda	55,152	60.8
	AL	Md. Mahbubur Rahman	31,245	34.4
	Zaker Party	Kamal Ahmed	3,632	4.0
	JP(E)	Shahid Khandakar	369	0.4
	Independent	Mozaffar Hossain	341	0.4
Majority			23,907	26.3
Turnout			90,739	60.7
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Dhaka-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. (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. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). . Archived from the original on 17 February 2018.
7. (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "Dhaka-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. . Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. . Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. . 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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