Dhaka-12

Dhaka-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Dhaka-12
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dhaka District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	339,840 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 184 Dhaka-11 186 Dhaka-13 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 24 through 27, 35, and 36.^[2]

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.^[3] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League[5]
	1973 by-election	Mohammad Hanif
	1979	Jahangir Mohammad Adel	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish	Bangladesh Awami League[7]
	1988	Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu	Jatiya Party (Ershad)[8]
	1991	Md. Niamatullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Dewan Md. Salauddin
	2001
Major Boundary Changes
	2008	Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh	Bangladesh Awami League
Major Boundary Changes
	2014	Asaduzzaman Khan	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2023

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Asaduzzaman Khan was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-12^[10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh	118,136	62.0	+22.0
	BNP	Khandaker Mahbub Ahmad	69,262	36.3	−20.8
	IAB	Md. Abdul Awal	2,552	1.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Nurun Nahar Habib	193	0.1	N/A
	United Citizen Movement	Md. Shahidul Islam Khan	158	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Afzal Hossain Bachchu	127	0.1	N/A
	BRWP	Md. Baharana Sultan Bahar	117	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abul Kalam Azad	112	0.1	N/A
Majority			48,874	25.6	+8.6
Turnout			190,657	73.1	+3.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-12^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Dewan Md. Salauddin	139,788	57.1	+12.4
	AL	Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad	98,062	40.0	+10.3
	IJOF	Md. Neyamat Ullah	5,708	2.3	N/A
	BKA	Hafez Maulana Ali Abbas	767	0.3	−0.6
	CPB	Lina Chakrabarti	359	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Khandokar Shahin Aldin Rejvi	177	0.1	N/A
Majority			41,726	17.0	+2.0
Turnout			244,861	69.7	−5.2
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-12^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Dewan Md. Salauddin	71,243	44.7	−7.3
	AL	Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu	47,343	29.7	−1.0
	JP(E)	Md. Firoj Kabir	33,361	21.0	+18.4
	JI	Md. Hasan Mahabub	4,450	2.8	−0.8
	BKA	Mohammad Samsuddin	1,357	0.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazim Uddin	595	0.4	−0.6
	NAP	Md. Mafijul Islam	421	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Siraj Uddin Ahmed	366	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Gazi Nazrul Islam	67	0.0	N/A
Majority			23,900	15.0	−6.4
Turnout			159,203	74.9	+15.6
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Dhaka-12^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Niamatullah	63,279	52
	AL	Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish	37,298	30.7
	Independent	Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu	8,279	6.8
	JI	Md. Shahidul Islam	4,402	3.6
	JP(E)	Mezbah	3,119	2.6
	CPB	Mujahidul Islam Selim	2,282	1.9
	Zaker Party	Abul Hasan	1,211	1.0
	BKA	Md. Shamsuddin	861	0.7
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Mafizul Islam	673	0.6
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abul Hossain	282	0.2
Majority			25,981	21.4
Turnout			121,686	59.3
	BNP gain from