Dhaka-20

The constituency encompasses Dhamrai Upazila.

The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. At the previous general election, in 2001, Dhamrai Upazila corresponded to constituency Dhaka-13. The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to Dhaka District, increasing the number of constituencies in the district from 13 to 20. One of the new seats usurped the name Dhaka-13, and the former constituency of that name became Dhaka-20.

Benzir Ahmed was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-25 |title=Dhaka-20 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=ঢাকা-২০ {{!}} জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ {{!}} Dhaka Post |url=https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=dhakapost.com |language=bn}}

M. A. Maleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Dhaka-20}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Benzir Ahmed

|votes = 133,437

|percentage = 58.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Ziaur Rahman Khan

|votes = 93,177

|percentage = 41.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

|candidate = M. A. Mannan

|votes = 521

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 40,260

|percentage = 17.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 227,135

|percentage = 88.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

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{{cite news |title=Dhaka-20 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |page=340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001427/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 March 2018}}

{{cite news |title=133 constituency boundaries changed, Dhaka gets 20 seats |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-34467 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=30 April 2008 |access-date=5 March 2018}}

{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}

{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=191&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

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