Chapai Nawabganj-3

Chapai Nawabganj-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chapai Nawabganj District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	382,580 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	AL
Member(s)	Md. Abdul Odud
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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.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila. ^{[1] [2]}

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

Key  BNP   Jamaat-e-Islami   AL   JP(E)

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Latifur Rahman	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami [3]
	1988	Ehsan Ali Khan	Jatiya Party [4]
	1991	Latifur Rahman	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1996	Harunur Rashid	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001
	2008	Abdul Odud	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018	Harunur Rashid	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	2023 by-election	Abdul Odud	Bangladesh Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018

General Election 2018: Chapai Nawabganj-3 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Harunur Rashid	1,33,661		N/A
	AL	Md. Abdul Odud	85,938		N/A
	Independent	Md Nurul Islam	59,517		N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,82,580
	BNP gain from AL

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 ^{[1] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	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
	AL 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
	AL	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
	AL	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
	AL	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
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Azizul Haq	213	0.1
Majority			14,015	8.5
Turnout			165,042	71.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "Chapainawabganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. 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.

External links

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

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