Rajshahi-3
Rajshahi-3 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Rajshahi District |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate | 319,733 (2014)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Ayeen Uddin |
Rajshahi-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Ayeen Uddin of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Mohanpur and Paba upazilas.[2][3]
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.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5][6]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq | Awami League[7] | |
1979 | Ehsan Ali Khan | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
1986 | Sardar Amjad Hossain | Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League[9] | |
1988 | Sardar Amjad Hossain | Jatiya Party[10] | |
1996 | Abu Hena | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Meraj Uddin Mollah | Awami League | |
2014 | Ayeen Uddin | Awami League | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awami League | Ayeen Uddin | 67,879 | 82.8 | +29.9 | |
Independent | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 12,343 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (E) | Md. Shahabuddin | 1,744 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 55,536 | 67.8 | +49.7 | ||
Turnout | 81,966 | 25.6 | -67.3 | ||
Awami League hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awami League | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 142,487 | 52.9 | +21.9 | ||
BNP | Kabir Hossain | 93,649 | 34.8 | -11.0 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 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 | |||
Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Abu Hena | 113,255 | 45.8 | +11.6 | |
Awami League | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Abu Hena | 67,863 | 34.2 | +26.3 | ||
Awami League | Md. Ibrahim Hossain | 54,121 | 27.3 | +2.9 | ||
Jatiya Party (E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 41,836 | 21.1 | -10.7 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Ahad Kabiraj | 33,824 | 17.1 | -9.1 | ||
JSD (R) | 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 Jatiya Party (E) | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jatiya Party (E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 49,136 | 31.8 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abu Ahad Kabiraj | 40,436 | 26.2 | ||
Awami League | 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 | |||
Jatiya Party (E) hold | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Rajshahi-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 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.
- ↑ পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). p. 20.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 "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.
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