Faridpur-3

Faridpur-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Faridpur District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	353,469 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Abdul Kader Azad

Faridpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abdul Kader Azad.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Faridpur Sadar Upazila. ^{[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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Syed Qumrul Islam Saleh Uddin	Independent [6]
	1979	Sirajul Islam Mridha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League [8]
	1988	Kamran Hossain Chowdhury	Jatiya Party [9]
	1991	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2014	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2018	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Awami League
	2024	Abdul Kader Azad	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	122,047	52.8	+15.6
	Independent	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	76,478	33.1	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed	30,821	13.3	N/A
	IAB	Khandoker Wahiduzzman	1,455	0.6	N/A
	Gano Forum	Bashijet Kumar Ganguly	375	0.2	N/A
Majority			45,569	19.7	-4.4
Turnout			231,176	86.4	+8.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Faridpur-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	114,618	61.3	+21.9
	AL	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	69,544	37.2	+8.4
	IJOF	Sanjiban Kumar Saha	1,734	0.9	N/A
	Independent	M. A. Karim	405	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Abu Md. Mokhlesur Rahman	278	0.1	N/A
	Desh Prem Party	Marshal Shah Alam	234	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Kazi Joinal Abedin	130	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Khorsedul Alam Siraj	26	0.0	N/A
Majority			45,074	24.1	+13.6
Turnout			186,969	77.5	-5.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	60,779	39.4	-7.6
	AL	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	44,511	28.8	+3.5
	JP(E)	Imran Hossain Chowdhury	25,547	16.6	+14.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed	12,334	8.0	-4.4
	Zaker Party	A.H.M. Nazmul Huda	10,086	6.5	-4.1
	IOJ	Md. Motahar Hossain Mamun	544	0.4	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Syed Harun Ar Rashid	280	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Sikdar Maqim Uddin Ahmed	147	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Farid Hossain Siddiqi	107	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,268	10.5	-11.2
Turnout			154,335	82.8	+17.4
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Faridpur-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	62,432	47.0
	AL	Imam Uddin Ahmmad	33,653	25.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed	16,502	12.4
	Zaker Party	Abdul Mannan Molla	14,111	10.6
	JP(E)	Saiful Islam Nilu	2,505	1.9
	Bangladesh Janata Party	K. M. Obaidur Rahman	1,871	1.4
	JSD	A. Razzak Molla	1,028	0.8
	Bangladesh Freedom League	Belayet Hossein	602	0.5
	Independent	Md. Kausar Ahmmed	134	0.1
Majority			28,779	21.7
Turnout			132,838	65.4
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Faridpur-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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. 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.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. 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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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