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Dhaka-1

Dhaka-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Salman F Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas.

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. The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and reducing the extent of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Abu Md. Saidur Rahman Awami League
1979 Khandaker Delwar Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Shahid Khandaker Jatiya Party
1988
1991 Nazmul Huda Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1996
2001
2008 Abdul Mannan Khan Awami League
2014 Salma Islam

Salman F Rahman

Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2018 Awami League
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Salma Islam 53,341 52.3 N/A
AL Abdul Mannan Khan 48,690 47.7 -7.2
Majority 4,651 4.6 -7.5
Turnout 102,031 26.9 -61.9
JP(E) gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdul Mannan Khan 155,864 54.9 +6.4
BNP Abdul Mannan 121,377 42.8 -8.6
IAB Mijanur Rahaman Milon 4,681 1.6 N/A
Zaker Party Mokter Hossain 1,303 0.5 N/A
BRWP Khandaker Ali Abbas 473 0.2 N/A
PDP Shudhir Kumar Hazra 194 0.1 N/A
Majority 34,487 12.1 +9.2
Turnout 283,892 88.8 +10.0
AL gain from BNP Swing +7.5
General Election 2001: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Nazmul Huda 48,347 51.4 -3.6
AL Salman F Rahman 45,576 48.5 +19.7
Jatiya Party (M) Haroon-Ur-Rashid Khan 110 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,771 2.9 -23.3
Turnout 94,033 78.8 -1.2
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Nazmul Huda 38,172 55.0 -5.8
AL Md. Hasem Ali 20,005 28.8 -5.6
JP(E) Shahid Khandaker 6,133 8.8 +8.4
IOJ A. Rahim 2,703 3.9 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Mohammed Ullah 1,037 1.5 N/A
Zaker Party Matiur Rahman 569 0.8 -3.2
WPB Md. Karam Ali 245 0.4 N/A
Independent Md. Shamsul Haque Bachchu 213 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Jahanara Begum 184 0.3 N/A
BKA Mohiuddin Ahmed 159 0.2 N/A
Majority 18,167 26.2 -0.1
Turnout 69,420 80.0 +19.3
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Nazmul Huda 55,152 60.8
AL Md. Mahbubur Rahman 31,245 34.4
Zaker Party Kamal Ahmed 3,632 4.0
JP(E) Shahid Khandakar 369 0.4
Independent Mozaffar Hossain 341 0.4
Majority 23,907 26.3
Turnout 90,739 60.7
BNP gain from JP(E)