Dhaka-8 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Dhaka District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 264,664 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Dhaka-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 8 through 13, and 19 through 21.
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 altered the boundaries of the constituency.
WPB | Boat | Rashed Khan Menon | 139,538 | 76.91 | N/A | ||
BNP | Sheaf of paddy | Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed | 38,717 | 21.34 | N/A | ||
IAB | Hand fan | Md. Abul Kashem | 1,540 | 0.85 | N/A | ||
BaSaD(K) | Ladder | Shampa Basu | 521 | 0.29 | N/A | ||
JaPa(E) | Plough | Md. Yunus Ali Akanda | 374 | 0.21 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Rose | Md. Nazrul Islam Liton | 331 | 0.18 | N/A | ||
GOJ (BML(B)) | Lantern | Hasina Hossain | 89 | 0.05 | N/A | ||
BIF | Candle | S. M. Sarwar | 79 | 0.04 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Minaret | Abu Noman Mohammad Ziaul Haq Majumder | 60 | 0.04 | N/A | ||
PDP | Tiger | Abul Kalam Azad | 42 | 0.02 | N/A | ||
NPP(S) | Mango | Md. Saber Ahmed Kazi Sabbir | 36 | 0.02 | N/A | ||
BDNAP | Cow | Sumi Akhter Shilpi | 36 | 0.02 | N/A | ||
BNF | Television | Abdus Samad Sujon | 30 | 0.02 | N/A | ||
Gano Front | Fish | Md. Zakir Hossain | 26 | 0.01 | N/A | ||
Valid votes | 181,419 | 99.16 | |||||
Invalid votes | 1,540 | 0.84 | |||||
Total votes | 182,959 | 100.0 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 264,864 | 69.08 | |||||
Majority | 100,821 | 55.57 | |||||
Workers Party hold | Swing |