Dhaka-7

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

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|district = Dhaka District

|region_label = Division

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|electorate = 328,181 (2018)

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Dhaka-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 35, 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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1973 \| Abdul Karim Bepari \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1979 \| Siddiquir Rahman \| BNP
colspan="4" \|Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" \| \| 1986 \| Jahangir Mohammad Adel \| Jatiya Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1991 \| Sadeque Hossain Khoka \|BNP
colspan="4" \|Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2008 \| Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}}" \| \| 2014 \| rowspan="2" \| Haji Mohammad Salim \| Independent
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2018 \| rowspan="2" \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2024 \| Haji Solaiman Salim

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member

Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1973

| Abdul Karim Bepari

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1979

| Siddiquir Rahman

| BNP

colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes

style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1986

| Jahangir Mohammad Adel

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1991

| Sadeque Hossain Khoka

|BNP

colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2008

| Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Haji Mohammad Salim

| Independent

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2018

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2024

| Haji Solaiman Salim

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Haji Mohammad Salim|votes=42,728|percentage=58.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin|votes=30,733|percentage=41.8|change=-23.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muhammad Riaz Uddin|votes=3,120|percentage=4.1%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=11,995|percentage=16.3|change=-17.5}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=76,581|percentage=24.4|change=-56.7}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Independent (politician)

|loser = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin

|votes = 146,347

|percentage = 65.4

|change = +22.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Md. Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pinto

|votes = 70,747

|percentage = 31.6

|change = -22.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Nurol Amin

|votes = 2,197

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Ganatantri Party

|candidate = Sarafat Ali Hira

|votes = 1,268

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Sahida Amir

|votes = 950

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

|candidate = Md. Jaforullah Khan

|votes = 672

|percentage = 0.3

|change = -0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Eiah Hiah Ahmed

|votes = 478

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

|candidate = Azmire Begam

|votes = 427

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Krishak Sramik Janata League

|candidate = Md. Rahim

|votes = 247

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Awami Party

|candidate = Md. Mostofa Kamal

|votes = 208

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

|candidate = Saroar Hosain

|votes = 102

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party

|candidate = M. Ibrahim Adil Khan

|votes = 50

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jatiya Party

|candidate = Md. Munirol Islam Skedar

|votes = 42

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 75,600

|percentage = 33.8

|change = +22.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 223,735

|percentage = 81.1

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Sadeque Hossain Khoka

|votes = 123,686

|percentage = 54.4

|change = +9.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Mohammad Syed

|votes = 98,229

|percentage = 43.2

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Jahangir Mohammad Adel

|votes = 3,093

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

|candidate = Abdul Malek Chowdhury

|votes = 1,378

|percentage = 0.6

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = Md. Anowar Hossain

|votes = 229

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Progressive Party

|candidate = Muhammad Mahsin Kabir

|votes = 120

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Shamim Ahmed

|votes = 75

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Salah Uddin Ahmed

|votes = 72

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh People's Congress

|candidate = Md. Nurul Islam

|votes = 60

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Aslam

|votes = 59

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Abu Syed

|votes = 46

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)

|candidate = Md. Kudrat Ullah

|votes = 45

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Jahangir Alam

|votes = 40

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = BKSMA (Sadeq)

|candidate = Krishak Md. Sadeq

|votes = 32

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League

|candidate = M. A. Shahid

|votes = 22

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Nasimul Gani Khan

|votes = 21

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 25,457

|percentage = 11.2

|change = +10.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 227,207

|percentage = 67.3

|change = -5.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Dhaka-7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Sadek Hossain

|votes = 87,255

|percentage = 45.0

|change = -11.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Fajlul Karim

|votes = 84,940

|percentage = 43.8

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Jahangir Mohammad Adel

|votes = 13,287

|percentage = 6.9

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = A.K.M Abdus Salam

|votes = 3,494

|percentage = 1.8

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Hammadul Akbar

|votes = 1,648

|percentage = 0.9

|change = -0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Oikya Jote

|candidate = Lutfar Rahman

|votes = 1,319

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Samsuzzaman Mintu

|votes = 369

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Sahida Amir

|votes = 367

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

|candidate = Abdul Malek Chowdhury

|votes = 170

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Nasir Uddin Pannu

|votes = 159

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Vhashani Adarsha Bastabayana Parishad

|candidate = Syed Minar Hossain Minu

|votes = 107

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)

|candidate = Rowshan Ara Begum

|votes = 87

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Tanjimul Muslimin

|candidate = Nur Hossain Chowdury

|votes = 81

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Freedom Party

|candidate = Md. Ansar Sikdar

|votes = 77

|percentage = 0.0

|change = -0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Nasir Ali

|votes = 76

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Jatiya League (Sobhan)

|candidate = Abdus Sobhan

|votes = 61

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = Habibur Rahman Showkat

|votes = 45

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)

|candidate = Md. Majibur Rahman

|votes = 42

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Ganatantrik Sarbahara Party

|candidate = Qazi Farid Ahmed

|votes = 38

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

|candidate = Md. Hafizur Rahman

|votes = 37

|percentage = 0.0

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Social Democratic Party

|candidate = Md. Nurul Islam

|votes = 36

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Janata Party

|candidate = Md. Humayun Kabir

|votes = 32

|percentage = 0.0

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)

|candidate = Nurjahan Taleb Munshi

|votes = 18

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = NDP

|candidate = Md. Abul Kashem

|votes = 15

|percentage = 0.0

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,315

|percentage = 1.2

|change = -18.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 193,760

|percentage = 72.6

|change = +14.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Sadeque Hossain Khoka

|votes = 76,601

|percentage = 56.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Sheikh Hasina

|votes = 49,362

|percentage = 36.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = A. K. M. Abdus Salam

|votes = 2,262

|percentage = 1.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Sageer Ahmed

|votes = 2,168

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Shafiqur Rahman

|votes = 1,992

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Janata Party

|candidate = Begum Razia Alim

|votes = 757

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Freedom Party

|candidate = Liyakat Hossain

|votes = 454

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Ganatantri Party

|candidate = Mahmudur Rahman Babu

|votes = 269

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

|candidate = Nazirul Islam

|votes = 187

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Jahangir Khan

|votes = 184

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Abdur Rahman

|votes = 159

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Communist League of Bangladesh

|candidate = Naseem Ali

|votes = 150

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Khalilur Rahman

|votes = 128

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = NDP

|candidate = Alamagir Hossain

|votes = 96

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ahmed Aorangajeb Kabir

|votes = 88

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot

|candidate = Md. Mujibur Rahman Hiru

|votes = 73

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)

|candidate = Md. Gofran Miyan

|votes = 64

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Millat Hossain

|votes = 56

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Ibrahim Hossain

|votes = 48

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)

|candidate = Md. Foyez Box Kadri

|votes = 36

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh People's League (Garib A Nawaz)

|candidate = Nasir Uddin Pannu

|votes = 28

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Abdul Malek Chowdhury

|votes = 17

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal

|candidate = M. A. Ahsan Atik

|votes = 15

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 27,239

|percentage = 20.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 135,194

|percentage = 58.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Dhaka-7 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-7&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

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{{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}}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |title=Dhaka-7 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=180 |url-status=dead |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213125800/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=180 |archive-date=13 February 2018}}

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{{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}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=186 |url-status=dead |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000909/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=186 |archive-date=29 December 2008}}

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External links

{{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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