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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Dhaka-5 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Dhaka District Division Dhaka Division Electorate 419,996 (2026)[citation needed] Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Mohammad Kamal Hossain ← 177 Dhaka-4 179 Dhaka-6 →

**Dhaka-5** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). This constituency is represented by [Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami](/source/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami) candidate [Mohammad Kamal Hossain](/source/Mohammad_Kamal_Hossain).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses wards 48 through 50 and 62-70 of [Dhaka South City Corporation](/source/Dhaka_South_City_Corporation), as well as four [union parishads](/source/Union_parishad) of [Demra](/source/Demra_Thana), [Jatrabari](/source/Jatrabari_Thana), and [Shyampur Thana](/source/Shyampur_Thana): Dhania, Demra, Matuail, and Sarulia integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

## History

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

Ahead of the [2008 general election](/source/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [2001 Bangladesh census](/source/2001_Bangladesh_census).[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Shah Moazzem Hossain Bangladesh Awami League[5] 1979 Muhammad Hamidullah Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6] 1986 AKM Rahmat Ullah Bangladesh Awami League[7] 1988 Mohammad Siraj Uddin Ahmed Independent[8] Sep 1991 by-election Mohammad Quamrul Islam Bangladesh Nationalist Party 1996 AKM Rahmat Ullah Bangladesh Awami League 2001 Mohammad Quamrul Islam Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2008 Habibur Rahman Mollah Bangladesh Awami League 2020 by-election Kazi Monirul Islam Manu 2024 Moshiur Rahman Mollah Independent 2026 Mohammad Kamal Hossain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Dhaka-5[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jamaat Mohammad Kamal Hossain 96,641 48.2 +45.6 BNP Md. Nabi Ulla 87,491 43.6 +20.2 IAB Md. Ibrahim 14,206 7.08 +6.58 JP(E) Mir Abdus Sobur 1,346 0.67 −0.83 Majority 9,150 4.56 −48.44 Turnout 201,689 48.0 −16.3 Registered electors 419,996 Jamaat gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-5 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Habibur Rahman Mollah 220,083 76.4 +23.4 BNP Md Nabiullah 67,572 23.4 −11.1 Majority 152,511 53.0 +34.5 Turnout 289,002 64.0 +7.0 Registered electors 450,608 AL hold

General Election 2014: Dhaka-5[10][11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Habibur Rahman Mollah 108,038 95.0 +41.1 BTF Arju Shah Sayedabadi 2,442 2.1 +2.0 JP(E) Md. Monir Hossain Komol 1,748 1.5 −2.6 NAP Md. Abdur Rashid 1,439 1.3 +0.8 Majority 105,596 92.9 +74.1 Turnout 113,669 27.7 −50.8 AL hold

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dhaka-5[1][12][13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Habibur Rahman Mollah 153,144 53.9 +11.3 BNP Salah Uddin Ahmed 99,895 35.2 −18.8 JP(E) Syed Abu Hossain 17,246 6.1 N/A IAB ATM Hemayet Uddin 9,247 3.3 N/A NAP Md. Abdur Rashid 1,364 0.5 N/A Zaker Party Md. Abu Bakar Siddik Khan 1,227 0.4 N/A PDP Md. Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury 444 0.2 N/A BTF Md. Sanowar Hossen 312 0.1 N/A BSD Zulfiker Ali 201 0.1 N/A BKA Md. Abul Hossen 178 0.1 0.0 Independent Mazedur Rahman Khan 157 0.1 N/A Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Wali Ullah Patuary 113 0.0 N/A KSJL Nazma Akter 105 0.0 N/A Ganatantri Party Minhaz Uddin Ahmed 93 0.0 N/A Bangladesh Kalyan Party Zamir Ahmed 75 0.0 N/A Gano Forum Md. Safar Ali 68 0.0 N/A Majority 53,249 18.8 +7.4 Turnout 283,869 78.5 +16.7 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Dhaka-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Mohammad Quamrul Islam 211,440 54.0 +14.8 AL AKM Rahmat Ullah 166,832 42.6 −4.9 IJOF Md. Alfaz Uddin 11,558 3.0 N/A JSD Md. Amir Ali Mattabbar 579 0.1 0.0 BKA Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi 424 0.1 0.0 Independent S. M. Amzad Ali 253 0.1 N/A Independent Rizwanul Islam Rubel 92 0.0 N/A KSJL Laskar Keramat Ali 89 0.0 N/A Independent Md. Shahadat Hossain 57 0.0 N/A Majority 44,608 11.4 +3.1 Turnout 391,324 61.8 −6.6 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL AKM Rahmat Ullah 132,443 47.5 BNP Mohammad Quamrul Islam 109,370 39.2 JP(E) Kazi Golam Dostagir 24,557 8.8 Jamaat Md. Asraful Haque 7,366 2.6 Zaker Party Md. Momin Uddin Sarder 1,589 0.6 IOJ Mojir Uddin Ahmed 1,431 0.5 Democratic Republican Party Md. Anisuzzaman Khokon 665 0.2 Gano Forum Zamil Chowdhury 506 0.2 JSD Abul Hossain 257 0.1 BKA Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi 199 0.1 Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Anisuzzaman Bhuyan 128 0.1 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Liaqat Hossain 99 0.0 Independent Md. Azizur Rahman 81 0.0 Independent Md. Zahirul Haque 81 0.0 Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) Md. Hannan Hossain Chowdhury 67 0.0 FP Fakhrul Ahsan Rana 56 0.0 Jana Dal Mina Rahman 44 0.0 Majority 23,073 8.3 Turnout 278,939 68.4 AL gain from BNP

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 1991 general election: [Bogra-7](/source/Bogra-7),[15] Dhaka-5, [Dhaka-9](/source/Dhaka-9),[16] [Feni-1](/source/Feni-1), and [Chittagong-8](/source/Chittagong-8).[17] After winning all five, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[18] Mohammad Quamrul Islam of the BNP was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[19]

General Election 1991: Dhaka-5[14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Khaleda Zia 71,266 51.5 AL Sahara Khatun 45,811 33.1 Independent Mohammad Siraj Uddin Ahmed 10,725 7.7 JP(E) Golam Kadir 3,947 2.9 Zaker Party Md. Kaiser Hamid 2,827 2.0 Bangladesh Janata Party Saidul Islam Montu 1,920 1.4 BKA Mizanur Rahman Juktibadi 821 0.6 Independent Mojammal Huq 436 0.3 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Ataul Karim Faruk 202 0.1 Janata Mukti Party Shamsur Rahman 168 0.1 Independent G M L Kabir 104 0.1 Bangladesh Republican Party Shirajul Huq 80 0.1 Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti Dal Md. Yakub 49 0.0 Independent Md. Abul Hasan 29 0.0 Janasakti Party Md. Abdullah Al Naser 26 0.0 Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) A. H. M. Amzad Hossian 20 0.0 Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal Afzaluddin Chowdhury 14 0.0 Majority 25,455 18.4 Turnout 138,445 47.7 BNP gain from JP(E)

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## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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