Dhaka-20

Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Dhaka-20

Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District| Dhaka District
Division| Dhaka Division
Electorate| 320,223 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created| 2008
Parliamentary Party| Bangladesh Awami League
Member of Parliament| Benzir Ahmed
Council area| Dhamrai Upazila
Prev. Constituency| Dhaka-19
Next Constituency| Gazipur-1

Dhaka-20 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Benzir Ahmed of the Awami League.

## Boundaries[edit]

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

## History[edit]

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[edit]

Election | Member | Party

|
|

| 1973 | Tajuddin Ahmad | Awami League
| 1979 | Dewan Mohammad Idris | Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
| 2008 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League
| 2014 | M. A. Maleque | Awami League
| 2018 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League[1]
| 2024 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League[8]

## Elections[edit]

### Elections in the 2024s[edit]

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

### Elections in the 2010s[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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. ^ https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20
9. ^ https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka
10. ^ https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20
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.

## External links[edit]

* "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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