Dhaka-18 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
(National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
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by
Mohammad Habib Hasan
Mohammad Habib Hasan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-18
Dhaka-18 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Mohammad Habib Hasan of the ...
of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
since November 12 of 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Dhaka North City Corporation
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) or Dhaka Uttar City Corporation was created as an autonomous body that governs 54 northern wards of Dhaka to better manage local services, but has since added new areas. It is one of two municipal corporations ...
wards 1 and 17, and
Dakshin Khan,
Khilkhet
Khilkhet Thana ( bn, খিলক্ষেত থানা) is a ''thana'' (sub-district) of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was created in 2005.
Geography
Khilkhet Thana has a total area of . It is bounded on the east by the Turag River (across which lies ...
,
Turag
Turag River ( bn, তুরাগ নদী; ) is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important ''tributary'' of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Ga ...
,
Uttara Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to:
Places
* Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh
* Uttara, a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh
*Uttara East Thana
*Uttara West Thana
*Uttaradit, a city i ...
, and
Uttar Khan thanas.
History
The constituency was created when, ahead of the
2008 general election, the
Election Commission
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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
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.
The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
References
External links
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Dhaka District
Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
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