Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the

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(National Parliament) of

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. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency consists of wards 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 22 of

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History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the

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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

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

Abdul Mannan resigned from parliament in March 2004 to join a new political party,

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. Mannan's resignation triggered a July 2004 by-election, in which

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of the BNP was elected.

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Bangladesh, Politics, Society Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Dhaka District