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{{Short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}
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'''Dhaka-20''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]] since 2014 by [[M. A. Maleque]] of the [[Awami League]].
'''Dhaka-20''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].


== Boundaries ==
== Boundaries ==
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== History ==
== History ==
The constituency was created when, ahead of the [[Bangladeshi general election, 2008|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> At the previous general election, in 2001, Dhamrai Upazila corresponded to constituency Dhaka-13.<ref name="ec8th" /> The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20.<ref name="ds30Apr2008" /><ref name="ds11Jul2008" /> One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-13, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-20.
The constituency was created when, ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> At the previous general election, in 2001, [[Dhamrai Upazila]] corresponded to constituency [[Dhaka-13]].<ref name="ec8th" /> The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to [[Dhaka District]], increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20.<ref name="ds30Apr2008" /><ref name="ds11Jul2008" /> One of the new seats usurped the name [[Dhaka-13]], and the former constituency of that name became [[Dhamrai Upazila|Dhaka-20]].


== Members of Parliament ==
== Members of Parliament ==
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| [[Bangladeshi general election, 2008|2008]]
|[[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]]
|[[Tajuddin Ahmad]]
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|[[Awami League]]
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|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |
|[[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]]
|[[Dewan Mohammad Idris]]
|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]
|-
! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]]
| [[Benzir Ahmed]]
| [[Benzir Ahmed]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ঢাকা-২০ {{!}} জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ {{!}} Dhaka Post |url=https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=dhakapost.com |language=bn}}</ref>
| [[Awami League]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color}}" |
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| [[Bangladeshi general election, 2008|2008]]
| [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]]
| [[M. A. Maleque]]
| [[M. A. Maleque]]
|-
| [[Awami League]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |
| [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]]
| [[Benzir Ahmed]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Elections ==
== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2020s ===
[[Benzir Ahmed]] was nominated by [[Awami League]] in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-25 |title=Dhaka-20 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ঢাকা-২০ {{!}} জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ {{!}} Dhaka Post |url=https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=dhakapost.com |language=bn}}</ref>


=== Elections in the 2010s ===
=== Elections in the 2010s ===
M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the [[Bangladesh general election, 2014|2014 General Election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 General Election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />


=== Elections in the 2000s ===
=== Elections in the 2000s ===
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Dhaka-20<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Dhaka-20 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archivedate=27 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref>
<ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref>
<ref name="ec8th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |page=340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="ec8th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |page=340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="ds30Apr2008">{{cite news |title=133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-34467 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=30 April 2008 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="ds30Apr2008">{{cite news |title=133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-34467 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=30 April 2008 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
<ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
<ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=191&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=191&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=[[Psephos]]}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}


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[[Category:Dhaka District]]
[[Category:Dhaka District]]


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Latest revision as of 17:19, 11 October 2024

Dhaka-20
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate320,223 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973 (Original)
2008 (Redistricted)

Dhaka-20 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Dhamrai Upazila.[2][3]

History

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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] At the previous general election, in 2001, Dhamrai Upazila corresponded to constituency Dhaka-13.[5] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20.[6][7] One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-13, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-20.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1973 Tajuddin Ahmad Awami League
1979 Dewan Mohammad Idris BNP
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Benzir Ahmed Awami League[1][8]
2014 M. A. Maleque
2018 Benzir Ahmed

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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Benzir Ahmed was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.[9][10]

Elections in the 2010s

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M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Dhaka-20[2][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Benzir Ahmed 133,437 58.7 N/A
BNP Ziaur Rahman Khan 93,177 41.0 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD M. A. Mannan 521 0.2 N/A
Majority 40,260 17.7 N/A
Turnout 227,135 88.5 N/A
AL win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dhaka-20". 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. ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 340. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ "133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats". The Daily Star. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  8. ^ "ঢাকা-২০ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Dhaka-20 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  10. ^ "ঢাকা-২০ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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