{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Dhaka-12 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঢাকা-১২.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Dhaka District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 333,320 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Saiful Alam Khan Milon]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | local_council_label = | local_council = | abolished_label = | abolished = | module = {{align|left|← [[Dhaka-11|184 Dhaka-11]]}}{{align|right|[[Dhaka-13|186 Dhaka-13]] →}} }} '''Dhaka-12''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 13 February, 2026, this constituency is represented by [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Bangladesh Jaamat-e-Islami]] candidate [[Saiful Alam Khan Milon|Saiful Alam]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Dhaka North City Corporation]] wards 24 through 27, as well as wards 35 and 36, integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> 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.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |1973 by-election |[[Mohammad Hanif (mayor)|Mohammad Hanif]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Jahangir Mohammad Adel]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color| Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Md. Niamatullah]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | rowspan="2" | [[Dewan Md. Salauddin]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" | [[Asaduzzaman Khan]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2023 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Saiful Alam Khan Milon]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Dhaka-12<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b640924f34914b4e55d8f |website=www.votebd.org}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Saiful Alam Khan Milon]] |votes=53,773 |percentage=43.96 |change=+43.96 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate=Saiful Haque |votes=30,963 |percentage=25.32 |change=+25.32 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent |candidate=Saiful Alam Nirob |votes=29,869 |percentage=24.42 |change=+14.81 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Mahmudul Hasan |votes=4,391 |percentage=3.59 |change=+2.29 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Sarkar Mohammad Salauddin |votes=1,770 |percentage=1.45 |change=+1.23 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Ganosanhati Andolan |candidate=Taslima Akhter |votes=1,511 |percentage=1.24 |change=+1.24 }} {{Election box majority |votes=22,810 |percentage=18.63 |change=-28.23 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=122,268 |percentage=36.7 |change=-29.6 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors=333,320 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser=Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Dhaka-12}} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Awami League | candidate = [[Asaduzzaman Khan]] | votes = 191,895 | percentage = 56.47 | change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = Saiful Alam Nirob | votes = 32,678 | percentage = 9.61 | change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) | candidate = Md Nasir Uddin Sarkar | votes = 759 | percentage = 0.22 | change = N/A }} {{Election box majority | votes = 159,217 | percentage = 46.86 | change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 225,332 | percentage = 66.30 | change = N/A }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 339,840 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| | winner = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
[[Asaduzzaman Khan]] was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 General Election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Dhaka-12}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh]] |votes = 118,136 |percentage = 62.0 |change = +22.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Khandaker Mahbub Ahmad |votes = 69,262 |percentage = 36.3 |change = -20.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdul Awal |votes = 2,552 |percentage = 1.3 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Nurun Nahar Habib |votes = 193 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate| |party = United Citizen Movement |candidate = Md. Shahidul Islam Khan |votes = 158 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Afzal Hossain Bachchu |votes = 127 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Baharana Sultan Bahar |votes = 117 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Abul Kalam Azad |votes = 112 |percentage = 0.1 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 48,874 |percentage = 25.6 |change = +8.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 190,657 |percentage = 57.2 |change = -15.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Dhaka-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Dewan Md. Salauddin]] |votes = 139,788 |percentage = 57.1 |change = +12.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad]] |votes = 98,062 |percentage = 40.0 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Neyamat Ullah |votes = 5,708 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Hafez Maulana Ali Abbas |votes = 767 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Lina Chakrabarti |votes = 359 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Khandokar Shahin Aldin Rejvi |votes = 177 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 41,726 |percentage = 17.0 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 244,861 |percentage = 69.7 |change = -5.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Dhaka-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Dewan Md. Salauddin]] |votes = 71,243 |percentage = 44.7 |change = -7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu]] |votes = 47,343 |percentage = 29.7 |change = -1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Firoj Kabir |votes = 33,361 |percentage = 21.0 |change = +18.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Hasan Mahabub |votes = 4,450 |percentage = 2.8 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Mohammad Samsuddin |votes = 1,357 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Nazim Uddin |votes = 595 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Md. Mafijul Islam |votes = 421 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Siraj Uddin Ahmed |votes = 366 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Gazi Nazrul Islam |votes = 67 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 23,900 |percentage = 15.0 |change = -6.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 159,203 |percentage = 74.9 |change = +15.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Dhaka-12<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Niamatullah]] |votes = 63,279 |percentage = 52 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish]] |votes = 37,298 |percentage = 30.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu]] |votes = 8,279 |percentage = 6.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Shahidul Islam |votes = 4,402 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mezbah |votes = 3,119 |percentage = 2.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Mujahidul Islam Selim |votes = 2,282 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abul Hasan |votes = 1,211 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Shamsuddin |votes = 861 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = Mafizul Islam |votes = 673 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Abul Hossain |votes = 282 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 25,981 |percentage = 21.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 121,686 |percentage = 59.3 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{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}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{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}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Parliament]] |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{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 (Bangladesh)]] |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}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=191 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002532/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=191 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
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