| Dhaka-20 | |
| Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
| District: | Dhaka District |
| Region Label: | Division |
| Region: | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate: | 320,223 (2018) |
| Year: | 1973 (Original) 2008 (Redistricted) |
Dhaka-20 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
The constituency encompasses Dhamrai Upazila.
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. At the previous general election, in 2001, Dhamrai Upazila corresponded to constituency Dhaka-13. The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20. One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-13, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-20.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Tajuddin Ahmad | Awami League | |
| 1979 | Dewan Mohammad Idris | BNP | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 2008 | Benzir Ahmed | Awami League[1] | |
| 2014 | M. A. Maleque | ||
| 2018 | Benzir Ahmed | ||
Benzir Ahmed was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.[2] [3]
M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.