Gaibandha-3

Gaibandha-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gaibandha District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	369,797 (2014)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Umme Kulsum Smriti
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Gaibandha-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Eunus Ali Sarkar of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Palashbari and Sadullapur upazilas. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Jatiya Party [3] [4]
	February 1996	Mukhlesur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	June 1996	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Jatiya Party
	2001	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Eunus Ali Sarkar	Awami League
	2018	Eunus Ali Sarkar	Awami League
	2020 by-election	Umme Kulsum Smriti	Awami League [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate, TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, died ten days before the 30 December 2018 general election. ^[7] Voting in the constituency was postponed until 27 January 2019. The BNP selected Moinul Hasan Sadik to run in his place. ^[8]

General Election 2014: Gaibandha-3 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Eunus Ali Sarkar	127,563	86.3	N/A
	Independent	SM Khademul Islam Khudi	18,204	12.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Fazle Karim Ahmed Pallab	1,992	1.3	N/A
Majority			109,359	74.0	+37.8
Turnout			147,759	40.0	-46.8
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gaibandha-3 ^{[1] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	179,095	63.2	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abul Kowser Mohammad Nazrul Islam	76,460	27.0	-1.6
	Independent	Eunus Ali Sarkar	27,581	9.7	N/A
	BKA	Md. Kholilur Rahman	425	0.1	N/A
Majority			102,635	36.2	+30.1
Turnout			283,561	86.8	+9.2
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Gaibandha-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	91,109	37.8	N/A
	AL	Eunus Ali Sarkar	76,439	31.7	+4.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazrul Islam	69,022	28.6	+11.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Fazle Karim Ahmed Pallab	3,583	1.5	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Ganesh Prasad	573	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Khairul Alam	312	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,670	6.1	-15.0
Turnout			241,038	77.6	+6.3
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	85,027	48.3	+7.2
	AL	Md. Nazrul Islam	47,937	27.2	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazrul Islam	30,264	17.2	-6.2
	BNP	Shah Badrul Islam	9,121	5.2	+1.8
	WPB	Md. Jakaria Khandakar	1,133	0.6	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Entanz Ali	1,121	0.6	N/A
	CPB	Md. Zahedur Rahman	887	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Moazzem Hossain	600	0.3	-0.5
Majority			37,090	21.1	+8.8
Turnout			176,090	71.3	+15.9
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Gaibandha-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	56,869	41.1
	BAKSAL	Abu Taleb Mia	39,872	28.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazrul Islam	32,337	23.4
	BNP	R. A. Gani	4,675	3.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Moazzem Hossain	1,126	0.8
	Independent	Azgar Ali Khan	816	0.6
	Independent	Abdul Momin Chawdhury	682	0.5
	Independent	Md. Muslem Uddin Khandakar	487	0.4
	Independent	Md. Nazrul Islam	454	0.3
	FP	Md. Mia Saikat Asgar	388	0.3
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Nurul Haq Mondol	310	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abul Khaer	242	0.2
Majority			16,997	12.3
Turnout			138,258	55.4
	JP(E) hold

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.
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5. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
6. "AL candidate wins Gaibandha-3 by-election". unb.com.bd. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
7. "Gaibandha-3 aspirant Fazle Rabbi dies". Prothom Alo. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
8. "BNP picks Moinul Hasan Sadik to run for Gaibandha-3 after death of Rabbi". bdnews24.com. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
9. "Gaibandha-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Gaibandha-3". AmarMP. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. 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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