Dhaka-4 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2014 by
Sayed Abu Hossain of the
Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Dhaka South City Corporation
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is one of the two municipal corporations in Dhaka created when the former Dhaka City Corporation (first declared in 1864) was divided into two by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on ...
wards 47 and 51 through 54, and one
union parishad of
Shyampur Thana
Shyampur ( bn, শ্যামপুর) is a Thana of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh.
Geography
Shyampur is located at . Its total area is 2.31 km2.
Demographics
This Shyampur has a population of 60152. Males constitute 49.78% of t ...
: Shyampur.
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
An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
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
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Dhaka District
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