Dhaka-13 is a constituency represented in the National Parliament of Bangladesh since 2026 by Bobby Hajjaj of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses wards 28 through 34 of Dhaka North City Corporation.
History The constituency was created for the first general elections in 1984.
2026 election controversy During the 2026 Bangladeshi general election, initially, NTV announced that Mamunul Haque from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis had won the constituency; however, the announcement was later reported as an error.
Mamunul Haque filed a complaint indicating that significant irregularities during vote counting compromised the legitimacy of the final result. His complaint focused on a flawed ballot design and procedural manipulation during counting. It was witnessed that numerous ballots layout featuring nine candidates across ten slots with one blank space caused widespread voter confusion. Mamamunul's name and mark appeared beside the empty slots, leading many voters to mistakenly stamp the blank box. As a result, an estimated 1,200 votes were cancelled across 50 centres, with the total potentially reaching around 3,000 across all centres, a number exceeding the official margin of defeat.Network Bangladesh (2026) Mamunul Haque lodges midnight EC complaint over 3,000 'cancelled' votes, claims irregularities cost him Dhaka‑13 seat. Available at: https://networkbangladesh.comDhaka Tribune (2026) Mamunul Haque alleges 'engineering' in Dhaka‑13 vote counting. Available at: https://www.dhakatribune.com
Mamunul also reported signs of tampered result sheets, overwritten numbers, removal of polling agents, and irregularities such as unsigned or pre‑signed counting forms. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami described this as coordinated vote engineering that obstructed an accurate reflection of voter intent, which later caused protests accoss the country.Network Bangladesh (2026) Mamunul Haque lodges midnight EC complaint over 3,000 'cancelled' votes, claims irregularities cost him Dhaka‑13 seat. Available at: https://networkbangladesh.comDhaka Tribune (2026) Mamunul Haque alleges 'engineering' in Dhaka‑13 vote counting. Available at: https://www.dhakatribune.com
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty1973Gazi Golam MostafaAwami League1979Abul HasnatBangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes1986Khan Mohammad IsrafilJatiya Party (Ershad) 1991 Ziaur Rahman Khan Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes 2008 Jahangir Kabir Nanak Awami League 2018 Sadek Khan 2024 Jahangir Kabir Nanak 2026 Bobby Hajjaj Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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