Bhola-3

Bhola-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bhola District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	293,604 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Nurunnabi Chowdhury

Bhola-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2010 by Nurunnabi Chowdhury of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Lalmohan and Tazumuddin upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Hafizuddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	Hafizuddin Ahmed	Independent
	1996	Hafizuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Mohammad Jashimuddin	Awami League
	2010	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	Awami League
	2014	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	Awami League
	2018	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Bhola-3 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	105,317	70.2	−24.8
	BNP	Hafizuddin Ahmed	44,568	28.8	−2.4
Majority			105,257	70.2	−24.8
Turnout			149,885	69.7	−1.3

General Election 2014: Bhola-3 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	171,658	95.0	+26.2
	JP(E)	AKM Nazrul Islam Mia	9,076	5.0	N/A
Majority			162,582	90.0	+52.5
Turnout			180,734	71.0	+3.9
	AL hold

In October 2009, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Major (retired) Jashim Uddin's 2008 candidacy was illegal because he failed to wait the statutory five years after compulsory retirement from government service before running for parliament. ^[7] The Election Commission vacated the seat on February 3, 2010. ^[8] Nurunnabi Chowdhury was elected in the resulting April 2010 by-election.

Bhola-3 by-election, April 2010 ^{[9] [note 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nurunnabi Chowdhury	93,873	68.8	+16.0
	BNP	Hafizuddin Ahmed	42,658	31.2	−14.5
Majority			51,215	37.5	+30.4
Turnout			136,531	67.1	−17.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bhola-3 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Jashim Uddin	96,034	52.8	+19.1
	BNP	Hafizuddin Ahmed	83,123	45.7	−20.1
	IAB	Md. Nurul Islam	1,639	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Siddikur Rahman Manna	1,207	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,911	7.1	−25.0
Turnout			182,003	84.7	−25.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Bhola-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Hafizuddin Ahmed	98,659	65.8	+6.8
	AL	Tofail Ahmed	50,588	33.7	−2.9
	IJOF	AKM Nazrul Islam Mia	523	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Abdus Sattar	178	0.1	N/A
Majority			48,071	32.1	+9.8
Turnout			149,948	59.1	−11.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bhola-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Hafizuddin Ahmed	70,843	59.0	+56.6
	AL	AKM Nazrul Islam	44,007	36.6	+4.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. Shehabuddin	2,743	2.3	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Nurul Islam	1,254	1.0	N/A
	JP(E)	A. Sattar Alamgir	835	0.7	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Feroj Kibria Kishore	438	0.4	N/A
Majority			26,836	22.3	+9.6
Turnout			120,120	70.8	+29.1
	BNP gain from Independent

General Election 1991: Bhola-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hafizuddin Ahmed	36,925	44.9
	AL	M. A. Kashem	26,515	32.3
	Independent	AKM Nazrul Islam	15,071	18.3
	BNP	Mozzamel Haque	1,961	2.4
	Independent	Nazimuddin Alam	524	0.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Rafiqul Islam	524	0.6
	Independent	Md. Shafi Ullah	406	0.5
	BAKSAL	Nurul Islam	290	0.4
Majority			10,410	12.7
Turnout			82,216	41.7
	Independent gain from JP(E)

Notes

1. The Election Commission suspended voting at 9 of 86 polling places because of allegations of ballot box stuffing and other irregularities. The election turnout is for the remaining 77 polling stations; it excludes the 31,566 registered voters whose polling places were shut down. ^[10]

References

1. "Bhola-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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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. "Bhola-3". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Bhola-3 to go to vote as AL MP loses in SC". bdnews24.com. 18 October 2009.
8. Liton, Shakhawat (25 April 2010). "Bhola-3 by-polls today amid high tension". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
9. "EC formally declares Shaon as Bhola winner". bdnews24.com. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
10. "AL wins in 'peaceful' polls". The Daily Star. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
13. "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

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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