Dhaka-17

Dhaka-17
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate3,13,875 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973 (Original)
2008 (Redistricted)

Dhaka-17 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka Cantonment and Dhaka North City Corporation wards 15 and 18 through 20. This constituency mainly includes Gulshan, Banani, Niketan, Mohakhali, Baridhara, Shahjadpur and some parts of Dhaka Cantonment.[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

Election Member Party
1973 Kazi Mozammel Haque Awami League
1979 Abdur Rauf BNP
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Hussain Muhammad Ershad Jatiya Party
2014 SM Abul Kalam Azad BNF
2018 Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque Awami League [1]
2023 by-election Mohammad Ali Arafat

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque died in May 2023. Mohammad Ali Arafat was elected in an July 2023 by-election.

2023 Dhaka-17 by-election result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad A. Arafat 28,816 77.80 N/A
Independent Ashraful Alom 5,609 15.14 N/A
JP(E) Sikdar Anisur Rahman 1,328 N/A
Turnout 37,037 11.51
Registered electors 325,205
AL hold

Election in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-17[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque 1,64,610 79.8 N/A
BJP Andaleeve Rahman 38,639 18.7 N/A
IAB Md Aminul Haque Talukdar 2,665 N/A
JP(E) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 480 N/A
Majority 1,25,971
Turnout 2,06,394 65.8
Registered electors 3,13,875
AL gain from BNF
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
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD 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. ^ a b c "Dhaka-17". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17.
  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. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. 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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