Chittagong-3

Chittagong-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	241,914 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 279 Chittagong-2 281 Chittagong-4 →

Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the entirety of Sandwip Upazila, including its main towns, villages, and surrounding rural areas, as well as the island of Urirchar, integrating both regions under a single administrative and electoral boundary. ^[1]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Previously Chittagong-3 encompassed Sitakunda Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards 9 and 10. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   JP(E)   Gano Front

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. Obaidul Huq	Bangladesh Awami League [3]
	1979	AKM Rafiq Ullah Choudhury	Gano Front [4]
	1986	AKM Shamsul Huda	Jatiya Party (Ershad) [5] [6]
	1991	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League
	February 1996	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008
	2014	Mahfuzur Rahaman	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Chittagong-3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha
	JI	Mohammad Alauddin Sikder
	IAB	Muhammad Amzad Hossain
	LDP	Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			2,41,914

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-3 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahfuzur Rahaman	1,62,356	96.9%	N/A
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	3,122	1.9%	N/A
	IAB	Monsurul Haque	2,076	1.2%	N/A
Majority			1,59,234	95.0%
Turnout			1,67,554	82.7%
Registered electors			2,02,635
	AL hold

2014 General Election

General Election 2014: Chittagong-3 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahfuzur Rahaman	111,743	96.3	+41.9
	JP(E)	M. A. Salam	3,466	3.0	N/A
	JSD	Nurul Akhtar	874	0.8	N/A
Majority			108,277	93.3	+83.9
Turnout			116,083	65.6	−15.5
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chittagong-3 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	62,397	53.4	N/A
	Independent	Mahfuzur Rahaman	33,544	28.7	N/A
	AL	Jamal Uddin Chowdhury	20,245	17.3	N/A
	IAB	Didarul Maola	565	0.5	N/A
Majority			28,853	24.7	N/A
Turnout			116,751	76.3	N/A
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Chittagong-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	69,546	63.8	+21.7
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	39,135	35.9	−15.5
	IJOF	M. A. Salam	264	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mohammad Nazrul Islam	97	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Jamal Uddin Chowdhury	46	0.0	N/A
Majority			30,411	27.9	+18.7
Turnout			109,088	67.8	+2.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	40,911	51.4	−13.4
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	33,557	42.1	+15.5
	JI	Md. Nurul Huda	4,600	5.8	−1.2
	JP(E)	Md. Rafiqul Moula	264	0.3	−0.7
	Independent	Manirul Huda Baban	123	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Jasimuddin Ahmmed Chowdhury	103	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Mainuddin Mahmud	95	0.1	N/A
Majority			7,354	9.2	−29.0
Turnout			79,653	65.3	+14.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Chittagong-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	55,523	64.8
	BNP	A K M Rafiq Ullah Chowdhury	22,805	26.6
	JI	Md. Nurul Huda	5,981	7.0
	JP(E)	M. A. Salam	835	1.0
	CPB	Shafiqul Mawla	332	0.4
	JSD	Abul Kashem	171	0.2
Majority			32,718	38.2
Turnout			85,647	51.2
	AL hold

References

1. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Chattogram-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
8. "Chittagong-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "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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