Dhaka-19
Dhaka-19 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 746,947 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Parliamentary Party | Independent |
Member of Parliament | Imtiyaz Hossain Asik |
Council area | Savar Upazila |
Prev. Constituency | Dhaka-18 |
Next Constituency | Dhaka-20 |
Dhaka-19 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mohammad Saiful Islam.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses all but the four southernmost
History
The constituency was created when, ahead of the
2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20.[5][6] One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-12
, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-19.
Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included one more union parishad of Savar Upazila: Kaundia.[2][3][7]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Ataur Rahman Khan | BJL | |
1979 | Mohammad Habibullah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad | Awami League | |
2014 | Md. Enamur Rahman
|
Awami League | |
2018 | Awami League | ||
2024 | Mohammad Saiful Islam | Independent |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Md. Enamur Rahman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL
|
Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad | 282,492 | 61.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Dewan Md. Salauddin | 170,719 | 37.4 | N/A | |
IAB | Hazi Ibrahim | 2,160 | 0.5 | N/A | |
CPB | Lina Chakrabarti | 651 | 0.1 | N/A | |
KSJL | Md. Abu Yousuf Khan | 569 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 111,773 | 24.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 456,591 | 75.8 | N/A | ||
AL win (new seat)
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References
- ^ "Dhaka-19". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ "133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats". The Daily Star. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
External links
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