Dhaka-16 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Dhaka District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 374,154 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Parliamentary Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Member of Parliament | Elias Uddin Mollah |
City Council area | Dhaka North City Corporation |
Prev. Constituency | Dhaka-15 |
Next Constituency | Dhaka-17 |
Dhaka-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Elias Uddin Mollah of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 2, 3, 5, and 6. [2] [3]
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] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15. [5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Shamsul Haq | Awami League | |
1979 | Abul Kashem | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Elias Uddin Mollah | Awami League | |
2014 | Awami League | ||
2018 | Awami League |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Elias Uddin Mollah | 35,855 | 58.1 | -0.9 | |
Independent | Sardar Mohammad Mannan | 25,133 | 40.7 | N/A | |
BNF | Md. Khalid Hossain | 728 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,722 | 17.4 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 61,716 | 18.0 | -56.3 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Elias Uddin Mollah | 131,816 | 59.0 | N/A | |
BNP | Rafiqul Islam Miah | 85,002 | 38.0 | N/A | |
IAB | Abdul Mannan Aziz | 3,826 | 1.7 | N/A | |
BTF | Syed Nozibul Boshor Mije Bandari | 1,313 | 0.6 | N/A | |
BDB | Md. Mahfuzur Rahman | 750 | 0.3 | N/A | |
United Citizen Movement | Qazi Faruque Ahmed | 450 | 0.2 | N/A | |
BSD | Mosharraf Hossen Chowdhury | 361 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 46,814 | 20.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 223,518 | 74.3 | N/A | ||
AL win (new seat) |
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