Dhaka-1

Dhaka-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate545,140 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentKhondoker Abu Ashfaque

Dhaka-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The incumbent representative is Khondoker Abu Ashfaque, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas.[1][2]

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.[3] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15,[4] and reducing the extent of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Abu Md. Saidur Rahman Bangladesh Awami League[5]
1979 Khandaker Delwar Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
1986 Shahid Khandaker Jatiya Party (Ershad)[7][8]
1991 Nazmul Huda Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996
2001
2008 Abdul Mannan Khan Bangladesh Awami League
2014 Salma Islam Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2018 Salman F Rahman Bangladesh Awami League
2024
2026 Khondoker Abu Ashfaque Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Dhaka-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khondoker Abu Ashfaque 173,781 59.21 +16.41
Jamaat Mohammad Najrul Islam 112,622 38.36 +36.86
Independent Antora Salima Huda 4,880 1.66 N/A
JP(E) Md. Nasir Uddin Molla 1,362 0.46 −10.61
IAB Nurul Islam 600 0.20 N/A
Labour Shek Md. Ali 273 0.09 N/A
Majority 61,159 20.85 −56.98
Turnout 299,523 54.95 −22.55
Registered electors 545,140
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Salman F Rahman 302,993 88.93 +11.3
JP(E) Salma Islam 37,763 11.07 −11.3
Majority 265,230 77.83 +22.6
Turnout 340,756 77.50 +6.8
Registered electors 440,287
AL gain from JP(E) Swing +11.3
General Election 2014: Dhaka-1[10]
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[1][11][12]
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[13]
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[13]
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 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[13]
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)

References

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  3. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  4. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  5. ^ Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Dhaka-1". Archived from the original on 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  9. ^ "VoteDB candidates". www.votebd.org.
  10. ^ "Dhaka-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ 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.

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