Gopalganj-3 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Gopalganj District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 246,685 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | TBD |
Member of Parliament | Vacant |
Council area | Kotalipara Upazila & Tungipara Upazila |
Prev. Constituency | Gopalganj-2 (Constituency 216) |
Next Constituency | Madaripur-1 (Constituency 218) |
Gopalganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. As of August 2024, the seat of this constituency is vacant, and was last held by Sheikh Hasina who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2024.
The constituency encompasses Kotalipara and Tungipara upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur. [4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | Kazi Firoz Rashid | Jatiya Party [5] [6] | |
1991 | Sheikh Hasina | Awami League | |
Feb 1996 | Mujibur Rahman Howlader | Independent [7] | |
Jun 1996 | Sheikh Hasina | Awami League | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 229,539 | 99.9 | +1.2 | |
BNP | SM Jilani | 123 | 0.05 | +0.05 | |
IAB | Maruf Sheikh | 71 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
Majority | 229,416 | 99.9 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 229,747 | 93.2 | +3.7 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 187,185 | 98.7 | +1.6 | |
JP(E) | A. Z. Sheikh Apu | 2,430 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 184,755 | 97.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 189,615 | 89.5 | +2.7 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 158,958 | 97.1 | +2.4 | |
BNP | S. M. Jilane | 4,451 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | SM Afzal Hossain | 221 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 154,507 | 94.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 163,630 | 86.8 | −0.5 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 154,130 | 94.7 | +2.5 | |
IOJ | Omar Ahmad Saheb | 7,223 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Hindu League | Birendra Nath Moitra | 922 | 0.6 | N/A | |
IJOF | Shishir Chowdhury | 410 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 146,907 | 90.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 162,685 | 87.3 | +17.5 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 102,689 | 92.2 | +20.0 | |
BNP | Bishnu Pad Halder | 2,568 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
JI | Abdul Mannan Sheikh | 2,512 | 2.3 | N/A | |
BKA | Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury | 2,277 | 2.0 | −16.3 | |
Zaker Party | Biswas Fazlul Haque | 524 | 0.5 | N/A | |
JP(E) | Kazi Firoz Rashid | 453 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) | Sheikh Showkat Hossain Nilu | 374 | 0.3 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 100,121 | 89.9 | +36.0 | ||
Turnout | 111,397 | 79.8 | +23.8 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Sheikh Hasina | 67,945 | 72.2 | |||
BKA | Hafez Omar Ahmed | 17,256 | 18.3 | |||
Bangladesh Hindu League | Birendra Nath Moitra | 4,246 | 4.5 | |||
BNP | Omelendro Bishwas | 2,116 | 2.3 | |||
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) | Sheikh Shawkat Hossein Nilu | 1,527 | 1.6 | |||
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | Nirmal Sen | 1,019 | 1.1 | |||
Majority | 50,689 | 53.9 | ||||
Turnout | 94,109 | 56.0 | ||||
AL gain from JP(E) |
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