Dhaka-10

Dhaka-10
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate382,184 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentShaikh Rabiul Alam

Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 13th February, 2026, The incumbent representative is Sheikh Rabiul Alam, a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses wards 14 through 18, as well as 22 of Dhaka South City Corporation, integrating these wards 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, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Khondakar Harun-ur-Rashid Bangladesh Awami League[5]
1979 Atauddin Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
1986 Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh Awami League[7]
1988 A. S. M. Abdur Rab Combined Opposition Party[8]
1991 Abdul Mannan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 HBM Iqbal Bangladesh Awami League
2001 Abdul Mannan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2004 by-election Mohammad Mosaddak Ali
2008 AKM Rahmatullah Bangladesh Awami League
2014 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Bangladesh Awami League
2020 by-election Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin
2024 Ferdous Ahmed
2026 Sheikh Rabiul Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

General election 2026: Dhaka-10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shaikh Rabiul Alam 80,436 51.1 +37.13
Jamaat Md Jashim Uddin Sarkar 77,136 48.9 +48.9
Majority 3,300 2.1 −37.5
Turnout 164,458 42.3 +1.8
Registered electors 388,660
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Dhaka-10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 168,172 53.57 −10.28
BNP Abdul Mannan 43,831 13.97 −18.79
IAB Md A Auwal 4,075 1.30 N/A
Majority 124,341 39.60 N/A
Turnout 216,078 68.86 N/A
Registered electors 313,744
AL hold

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 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-10[1][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL AKM Rahmatullah 165,549 63.3
BNP M. A. Quayum 89,800 34.3
Independent Muzammel Hoque 3,154 1.2
IAB Abdul Jalil 1,993 0.8
LDP Abu Soud 423 0.2
BKA Shahidullah Kazi 286 0.1
KSJL S. M Ismail 256 0.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Habibur Rahman 65 0.0
Majority 75,749 29.0
Turnout 261,526 74.9
AL gain from BNP

Abdul Mannan resigned from parliament in March 2004 to join a new political party, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh. Mannan's resignation triggered a July 2004 by-election, in which Mohammad Mosaddak Ali of the BNP was elected.[12]

General Election 2001: Dhaka-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 94,995 54.6 +14.1
AL HBM Iqbal 73,043 42.0 −5.2
IJOF Khandokar Abu Motaher 4,451 2.6 N/A
Independent Stifen P. Mridha 575 0.3 N/A
Independent Md. Fazlul Haque 399 0.2 N/A
Independent Tofazzal Hossain Bhuiya 66 0.0 N/A
Independent Zobayed Hossain Tufan 51 0.0 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Abdur Rahman Shikder 50 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Anowar Khan 49 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Enamul Karim Suja 46 0.0 N/A
BKSMA (Sadeq) Krishak Md. Sadeq 38 0.0 N/A
Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan Md. Zakir Hossain 38 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Delowar Hossain 37 0.0 N/A
Independent Sheikh Tawsif Xilani 33 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Mostafa Talukder 30 0.0 N/A
Independent Mohammad Yusuf Haroon 29 0.0 N/A
Independent Abu Saleh Md. Kibria 24 0.0 N/A
Majority 21,952 12.6 +5.9
Turnout 173,954 56.1 −9.6
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dhaka-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL HBM Iqbal 74,214 47.2 +9.4
BNP Abdul Mannan 63,631 40.5 −18.1
JP(E) Ismail Hossain Bangal 11,114 7.1 N/A
Jamaat Abdus Salam 4,973 3.2 N/A
IOJ Md. Waliul Islam 796 0.5 −0.1
Zaker Party M. A. Khaleq 626 0.4 −0.6
Independent Md. Ruhul Amin Chowdhury 552 0.4 N/A
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Nirmal Sen 394 0.3 N/A
Jatiya Daridra Party Md. Abdul Aziz Sarkar 150 0.1 N/A
NAP (Bhashani) Parveen Naser Khan Bhasani 133 0.1 N/A
Independent Khaled Shamsul Islam 125 0.1 N/A
BKA Md. Kamruddin 105 0.1 N/A
Independent Qaiduzzaman Azad 59 0.0 N/A
Independent Zobayed Hossain Tufan 53 0.0 N/A
Bhasani Front Mamataz Chowdhury 45 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Abdul Khaleq 37 0.0 N/A
Independent Md. Enamul Karim Suja 31 0.0 N/A
Progotishil Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) S. M. Ahsan Ali 30 0.0 N/A
Independent Syad Motahar Hossain 27 0.0 N/A
Majority 10,583 6.7 −14.1
Turnout 157,095 65.7 +17.5
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Dhaka-10[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 45,711 58.6
AL Sheikh Hasina 29,451 37.8
Zaker Party Idrees Hossain Talukdar 816 1.0
Bangladesh Janata Party Harun Ar Rashid Mithu 598 0.8
IOJ Abdul Based 438 0.6
JSD Mir Hossain Akhtar 435 0.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD A. S. M. Abdur Rab 208 0.3
Bangladesh Inquilab Party Ruhul Aamin Chowdhury 59 0.1
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) M. D. Rahman 56 0.1
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Humayun Kabir 55 0.1
NDP Md. Enamul Karim Shuja 52 0.1
Bangladesh People's League (Garib A Nawaz) Jobaida Parvin 43 0.1
Bangladesh National Congress Shuvash Chandra Debnath 40 0.1
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Dal Md. Zakir Hossain 29 0.0
Majority 16,260 20.8
Turnout 77,991 48.2
BNP gain from JSD

References

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