Dhaka-9 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Dhaka District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 425,501 (2018) |
Year: | 1973 |
Dhaka-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 1 through 7, and three union parishads of Khilgaon and Sabujbagh thanas: Dakshingaon, Manda, and Nasirabad.
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 added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Rafiq Uddin Ahmed | Awami League | |
1979 | Nurul Haque | BNP | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mahmudul Hasan | Jatiya Party | |
1988 | M Korban Ali | ||
1990 by-election | Abul Hasnat | ||
Sep 1991 by-election | Jamiruddin Sarkar | BNP | |
Feb 1996 | Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad | ||
Jun 1996 | Makbul Hossain | Awami League | |
2001 | Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad | BNP | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Saber Hossain Chowdhury | Awami League | |
Saber Hossain Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: Bogra-7, Dhaka-5, Dhaka-9, Feni-1, and Chittagong-8. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. J. U. Sirker of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.