Chapai Nawabganj-3

Chapai Nawabganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Harunur Rashid of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Chapai Nawabganj-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChapai Nawabganj District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate382,580 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member(s)Harunur Rashid

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rajshahi-3 constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Latifur Rahman Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[4]
1988 Ehsan Ali Khan Jatiya Party[5]
1991 Latifur Rahman Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1996 Harunur Rashid Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Abdul Odud Awami League
2018 Harunur Rashid Bangladesh Nationalist Party[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Odud was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Chapai Nawabganj-3[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Abdul Odud 112,753 43.1 +16.8
BNP Harunur Rashid 76,178 29.1 -10.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Latifur Rahman 72,341 27.6 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Mohammad Sadruzzaman 634 0.2 N/A
Majority 36,575 14.0 +2.5
Turnout 261,906 88.0 +3.9
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chapai Nawabganj-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Harunur Rashid 85,489 39.4 -4.1
Independent Latifur Rahman 60,460 27.8 N/A
Awami League Shamsul Haq 57,219 26.3 +6.3
Independent Md. Rafiqul Islam 11,642 5.4 N/A
IJOF Md. Kamal Uddin 1,621 0.8 N/A
Gano Azadi League (Samad) Abdus Samad 468 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Aminur Rahman 335 0.2 N/A
Majority 25,029 11.5 -5.7
Turnout 217,234 84.1 +1.3
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Chapai Nawabganj-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Harunur Rashid 77,929 43.5 +16.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Latifur Rahman 47,048 26.3 -9.0
Awami League Nasir Uddin Ahmed 35,836 20.0 +2.1
JP(E) Ruhul Amin 16,190 9.0 +8.0
GAL Abdus Samad 812 0.5 N/A
Zaker Party Abdus Sattar 654 0.4 +0.2
JSD Abdus Samad Bokul 370 0.2 N/A
Gano Forum Sazeman Haque 207 0.1 N/A
Majority 30,881 17.2 +8.7
Turnout 179,046 82.8 +11.7
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami
General Election 1991: Chapai Nawabganj-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Jamaat-e-Islami Latifur Rahman 58,333 35.3
BNP Sultanul Islam Moni 44,318 26.9
Awami League A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq 29,455 17.9
Independent Abdul Mannan Sentu 28,930 17.5
JP(E) Ehsan Ali Khan 1,625 1.0
Gano Azadi League (Samad) Abdus Samad 1,314 0.8
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Belal Uddin 609 0.4
Zaker Party Syed Ahmod Imam 245 0.2
JSD (R) Azizul Haq 213 0.1
Majority 14,015 8.5
Turnout 165,042 71.1
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Chapainawabganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. "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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