Rajshahi-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
| Rajshahi-3 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
 | |
| District | Rajshahi District |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Electorate | 357,375 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
editThe constituency encompasses Mohanpur and Paba upazilas.[2][3]
History
editThe 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.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq | Awami League[7] | |
| 1979 | Ehsan Ali Khan | BNP[8] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Sardar Amjad Hossain | BaKSAL[9] | |
| 1988 | Jatiya Party[10] | ||
| Feb 1996 | Muhammad Abdul Gafur | BNP | |
| Jun 1996 | Abu Hena | ||
| 2008 | Meraj Uddin Mollah | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Ayeen Uddin | ||
| 2024 | Asaduzzaman Asad | ||
Elections
editElections in the 2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ayeen Uddin | 67,879 | 82.8 | +29.9 | |
| Independent | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 12,343 | 15.1 | N/A | |
| JP(E) | Md. Shahabuddin | 1,744 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 55,536 | 67.8 | +49.7 | ||
| Turnout | 81,966 | 25.6 | −67.3 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 142,487 | 52.9 | +21.9 | ||
| BNP | Kabir Hossain | 93,649 | 34.8 | −11.0 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Ataur Rahman | 32,527 | 12.1 | N/A | ||
| PDP | Md. Abdul Hay | 500 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 48,838 | 18.1 | +3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 269,163 | 92.9 | +6.5 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abu Hena | 113,255 | 45.8 | +11.6 | |
| AL | Jinatun Nesa Talukder | 76,717 | 31.0 | +3.7 | |
| IJOF | Sarder Amjad Hossain | 56,652 | 22.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Altafur Rahman | 782 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 36,538 | 14.8 | +7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 247,406 | 86.4 | +2.6 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abu Hena | 67,863 | 34.2 | +26.3 | ||
| AL | Md. Ibrahim Hossain | 54,121 | 27.3 | +2.9 | ||
| JP(E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 41,836 | 21.1 | −10.7 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Ahad Kabiraj | 33,824 | 17.1 | −9.1 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Abu Zahid Mostaq Hossain | 497 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 13,742 | 6.9 | +1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 198,141 | 83.8 | +15.0 | |||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 49,136 | 31.8 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abu Ahad Kabiraj | 40,436 | 26.2 | ||
| AL | Shree Rakhal Chandra Das | 37,626 | 24.4 | ||
| CPB | Md. Ibrahim Hossain | 14,891 | 9.6 | ||
| BNP | Md. Enamul Haq | 12,157 | 7.9 | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Nurul Alam | 134 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 8,700 | 5.6 | |||
| Turnout | 154,380 | 68.8 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Rajshahi-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ "AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi". The Daily Star. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Rajshahi-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). pp. 20, 182.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
edit- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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