Dhaka-17 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Dhaka District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 3,13,875 (2018) |
Year: | 2008 |
Members Label: | Member of Parliament |
Members: | vacant |
Party Label: | Parliamentary Party |
Local Council Label: | City Council area |
Local Council: | Dhaka North City Corporation |
Blank1 Name: | Prev. Constituency |
Blank1 Info: | Dhaka-16 |
Blank2 Name: | Next Constituency |
Blank2 Info: | Dhaka-18 |
Dhaka-17 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
The constituency encompasses Dhaka Cantonment and Dhaka North City Corporation wards 15 and 18 through 20. This constituency mainly includes Gulshan, Banani, Niketan, Mohakhali, Baridhara, Shahjadpur and some parts of Dhaka Cantonment.
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. The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15.
Key
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1973 | Kazi Mozammel Haque | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
1979 | Abdur Rauf | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
Major Boundary Changes | ||||
2008 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
2014 | SM Abul Kalam Azad | Bangladesh Nationalist Front | ||
2018 | Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque | Bangladesh Awami League < | -- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> | |
2023 by-election | Mohammad A. Arafat | |||