Dhaka-17

Dhaka-17 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque of the Awami League.

Dhaka-17
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate313,875 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka Cantonment and Dhaka North City Corporation wards 15 and 18 through 20.[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] 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
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Kazi Mozammel Haque Awami League
1979 Abdur Rauf Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Hussain Muhammad Ershad Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2014 SM Abul Kalam Azad Bangladesh Nationalist Front
2018 Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Dhaka-17[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNF SM Abul Kalam Azad 43,585 62.6 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Abdul Latif Mallik 22,046 31.6 N/A
Independent MA Hannan Mridha 4,046 5.8 N/A
Majority 21,539 30.9 -5.6
Turnout 69,677 24.0 -46.7
BNF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Dhaka-17[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
JP(E) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 123,936 66.9 N/A
BNP Hannan Shah 56,267 30.4 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Syad Mohammad Ibrahim 2,773 1.5 N/A
IAB Md. Shamsul Hoque 1,594 0.9 N/A
BKA Md. Shidullah Kazi 275 0.1 N/A
KSJL Saleh Ahamed 174 0.1 N/A
United Citizen Movement Imtiaz Mahmood 159 0.1 N/A
JSD (R) M. A. Rashid 80 0.0 N/A
Majority 67,669 36.5 N/A
Turnout 185,258 70.7 N/A
JP(E) win (new seat)

References
  1. "Dhaka-17". 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. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. "Dhaka-17". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.


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