Dhaka-5 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 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 ...

. Since 2008, it has been held by

Habibur Rahman Mollah Habibur Rahman (27 January 1942 – 6 May 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-4 and Dhaka-5 Dhaka-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament ...

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 ...

until 2020.

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 48 through 50, and four

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s of

Demra Demra ( bn, ডেমরা) is a ( metropolitan) Thana of Dhaka city, The capital of Bangladesh. It consists of Ward No 64,65(part),67,68,69 and 70 of Dhaka South City Corporation.Demra is Situated in The Eastern Border area of Dhaka City. H ...

, Jatrabari, and Shyampur thanas: Dhania, Demra, Matuail, and Sarulia.

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

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election:

Bogra-7 Bogra-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by independent politician Rezaul Karim Bablu. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gabtali Upazila, Gabtali and Shajahanpur Upazila, Sh ...

, Dhaka-5,

Dhaka-9 Dhaka-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Saber Hossain Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 1 through 7, ...

Feni-1 Feni-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Akhter of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas. ...

, and

Chittagong-8 Chittagong-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The incumbent MP this constituency is Moslem Uddin Ahmad. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 3 throug ...

. After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Mohammad Quamrul Islam of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Dhaka District {{Dhaka-geo-stub