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Dhaka-7
Dhaka-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Haji Mohammad Salim, of the Awami League since 2018. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 23 through 33, 35, and 36. History 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 In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati .... The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haji Mohammad Salim
Haji Mohammad Salim (born 10 May 1958) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-7 constituency since 2014. Salim was convicted on a corruption case for amassing wealth illegally, filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007. He began serving his 10-year prison sentence in May 2022. Early life Salim was born on 10 May 1958. He studied up to grade nine. Career Salim was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ward councilor. He had left the party and joined Awami League as he had failed to secure their nomination for the 1996 national election. He won the election and was elected to parliament from Dhaka-8 ( Lalbagh area) as an Awami League candidate. He served in the Treasury Bench of the Jatiya Sangsad. He owns Madina Group; Tiger brand cement is one of its products. His rival and BNP member of parliament, Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, was his protégé. On 5 January 2014, Salim was elected to parliament as an inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin
Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin (15 March 1951) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dhaka-7. He is the incumbent President of the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and Awami League Presidium member since December 2022. Career Mohiuddin was president of the Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' p ..., the student wing of the Awami League, from 1981 to 1983. Mohiuddin was elected to parliament from Dhaka-7 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008. In September 2014, his supporters attacked the supporters of his successor, Haji Mohammad Salim. References Living people 1951 births Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Karim Bepari
Abdul Karim Bepari is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dhaka-7. Contribution in the 1971 Liberation War Abdul Karim Bepari was a member of the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga .... He went to India to attain military training and came back to fight the liberation war and earned himself as a sector commander. Political career Abdul Karim Bepari was elected as a member of parliament from Dhaka-7 from Bangladesh Awami League in 1973. He was a close alliance to the father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Business Alongside from being a politician Abdul Karim Bepari had been involved in business which was passed down from his father. His business consisted of ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddiquir Rahman
Siddiquir Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Dhaka-7 Dhaka-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Haji Mohammad Salim, of the Awami League since 2018. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 23 th .... Career Siddiq was elected to parliament from Dhaka-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Munshiganj District Politicians from Dhaka Division Living people {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadeque Hossain Khoka
Sadeque Hossain Khoka (12 May 1952 – 4 November 2019) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the 2nd mayor of Dhaka City Corporation during 2002 to 2011. He was the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was President of undivided Dhaka city BNP for longest period of the organisation's existence. Early life and career Khoka was born in a Muslim family. His father was an engineer and a social worker. Khoka attended Dhaka University and completed M.A. in psychology. In 1971 at the age of 19 he fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. After independence, he worked in organizing soccer, rising to the positions of General Secretary of the Dhaka Metropolitan Football Association and Joint General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation. Khoka was the key person of the football club Brothers Union. Khoka was first elected to the Jatiyo Sangshad (national legislature) in 1991. In the same year he was made State Minister of Youth and Sports. Khoka also won fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahangir Mohammad Adel
Jahangir Mohammad Adel ( bn, জাহাংগীর মোহাম্মদ আদেল; died 13 November 2014) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-12 from 1979 to 1982 and MP for Dhaka-7 Dhaka-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Haji Mohammad Salim, of the Awami League since 2018. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 23 th ... from 1986 to 1988. He was Deputy Mayor of Dhaka. Career He was the deputy Mayor of Dhaka. On 14 August 2000, Kamal Hossain, a Bangladesh Awami League leader, was shot dead outside Adels house after protesting the raising of Pakistan's flag on Pakistan Day in Adels house in Old Dhaka. Adels son was arrested by the police regarding the murder. His sons were acquitted in 2003 in the case. He was a former presidium member of Jatiya Party. Death Adel died on 13 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Bangladeshi General Election ...
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats. With almost all parties participating, the elections were deemed credible by observers. Results References {{Bangladeshi elections General General elections in Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014. The elections were not free and fair. They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia was put under house arrest. There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government, with around 21 people killed on election day. Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the total 300 seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier. Electoral system In 1996, the 330 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 30 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the election results. Each parliament sits for a five-year term. Background The June 1996 election marked the second general election to be held within only a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p525 The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 elected seats. This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June. Background In March 1994, controversy over a parliamentary by-election, which the Bangladesh Awami League-led opposition claimed the BNP government had rigged, led to an indefinite boycott of Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
