Dhaka-8
Dhaka-8 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 264,664 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Workers Party of Bangladesh |
Member(s) | Rashed Khan Menon |
Dhaka-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Rashed Khan Menon of the Workers Party of Bangladesh.
Boundaries[]
The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 8 through 13, and 19 through 21.[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 altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | K. M. Shamsul Huda | Awami League[6] | |
1979 | Md. Abdul Hai | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mohammad Harun ar Rashid | Jatiya Party[8] | |
1988 | Anwar Hossain | Jatiya Party[9] | |
1991 | Mir Shawkat Ali | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Feb 1996 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
June 1996 | Haji Mohammad Salim | Awami League | |
2001 | Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Rashed Khan Menon | Grand Alliance | |
2014 | Grand Alliance | ||
2018 | Grand Alliance |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Rashed Khan Menon was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Workers Party | Rashed Khan Menon | 97,841 | 59.6 | +59.5 | ||
BNP | Habib-un Nobi Khan Sohel | 63,860 | 38.9 | -9.3 | ||
IAB | AKM Arfan Khan | 840 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Syed Mohammed Ibrahim | 688 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
BKA | Mojibur Rahman Hamidi | 294 | 0.2 | +0.4 | ||
BSD | Md. Rajekujjaman | 229 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BDB | Md. Safiqul Islam | 195 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Mrs. Nasrin Anwar | 89 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Gano Front | Nur Alam Bikhato | 61 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
BJP | Kazi Mominul Haq | 60 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Abdul Bari | 45 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Md. Asadujjaman | 28 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 33,981 | 20.7 | +20.1 | |||
Turnout | 164,230 | 73.1 | +8.6 | |||
Workers Party gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu | 89,789 | 48.2 | +11.0 | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Haji Mohammad Salim | 88,697 | 47.6 | -1.8 | ||
IJOF | Saifuddin Ahmed | 5,403 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
BKA | Qari Shah Ahmadullah | 1,201 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Independent | Firoz Khan | 560 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Workers Party | Kamrul Hasan Riday | 205 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
JSD | Md. Abdul Khaleque | 105 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Hannan Chowdhury | 91 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Maububur Rahman Faisal | 52 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Jahangir Alam Masud | 51 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Mafizul Islam | 27 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,092 | 0.6 | -11.7 | |||
Turnout | 186,181 | 64.5 | -5.3 | |||
BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh Awami League | Haji Mohammad Salim | 77,642 | 49.4 | +13.5 | ||
BNP | Abul Hasnat | 58,367 | 37.2 | -19.0 | ||
JP(E) | Saifuddin Ahmed | 14,022 | 8.9 | +7.4 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Sabbir Ahmed | 3,486 | 2.2 | -0.2 | ||
IOJ | Jamal Naser Chowdhury | 1,878 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Zakir Hossain Khan | 812 | 0.5 | -0.3 | ||
JSD (R) | Sheikh Rashid Mahmud | 508 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
NAP | A. H. Shahab Uddin | 352 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Md. Rashidul Islam | 39 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 19,275 | 12.3 | -8.0 | |||
Turnout | 157,106 | 69.8 | +22.3 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Mir Shawkat Ali | 53,651 | 56.2 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League | Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin | 34,285 | 35.9 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Sabbir Ahmed | 2,318 | 2.4 | |||
BKA | Ahmadullah Ashraf | 1,447 | 1.5 | |||
JP(E) | Gulzar Hossain | 1,398 | 1.5 | |||
Zaker Party | Amanullah Azim | 786 | 0.8 | |||
Jatiya Tarun Sangha | Md. Fazlul Haq | 417 | 0.4 | |||
JSD | Abul Hasib Khan | 384 | 0.4 | |||
Ideal Party | Syed Kamal Zaidi | 251 | 0.3 | |||
Bangladesh Bekar Samaj | Md. Hasan | 147 | 0.2 | |||
Bangladesh Manobatabadi Dal | B. H. Rana | 122 | 0.1 | |||
Independent | A. Rashid | 112 | 0.1 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf) | Sk. Abdul Malek | 78 | 0.1 | |||
JSD (R) | Humayun Kabir Hiru | 70 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 19,366 | 20.3 | ||||
Turnout | 95,466 | 47.5 | ||||
BNP gain from |
References[]
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- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. 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.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links[]
Coordinates: 23°44′N 90°25′E / 23.73°N 90.41°E
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