Habiganj-3

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Habiganj-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Habiganj District
Division Sylhet Division
Electorate326,823 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyNone
Member(s)Vacant

Habiganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Habiganj Sadar and Lakhai upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Chowdhury Abdul Hai Awami League [5]
1988 Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury Jatiya Party [6]
Feb 1996 Atiq Ullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury Jatiya Party
2001 Shah A. M. S. Kibria Awami League
2005 by-election Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Md. Abu Zahir Awami League
2014
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Habiganj-3 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Abu Zahir 98,15582.5+12.1
JP(E) Mohammad Atikur Rahman20,83717.5N/A
Majority 77,31865.0+21.9
Turnout 118,99241.5−43.5
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Habiganj-3 [2] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Abu Zahir 147,82770.4
BNP Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury 57,26027.3
NAP Md. Syedur Rahman1,9490.9
BIF Md. Shohidul Islam1,4450.7
IAB Hafiz Md. Abdul Karim1,3070.6
KSJL Md. Nurual Haque2690.1
Majority 90,56743.1
Turnout 210,05782.7
AL gain from BNP

Shah A. M. S. Kibria was assassinated on 27 January 2005. Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury of the BNP was elected unopposed in April, after the four other candidates withdrew from the by-election scheduled for later that month. [10]

General Election 2001: Habiganj-3 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Shah A. M. S. Kibria 83,11047.7+12.5
BNP Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury 69,30639.8+35.5
IJOF Md. Azizul Haque19,79711.4N/A
BIF Md. Shohidul Islam7810.4−0.2
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Shafiqul Islam3980.2N/A
Independent Azizur Rahman Chowdhury3870.2N/A
CPB Hirendra Datta2350.1N/A
Independent Syed Md. Mujakkir Hossain1500.1N/A
BKSMA (Sadeq)Md. Apel Mahmud Dulal1210.1N/A
Majority 13,8047.9−0.1
Turnout 174,28573.9+2.7
AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Habiganj-3 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury 55,79543.1+2.3
AL Shahid Uddin Chowdhury45,49335.2N/A
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostofa Allama)Syed Md. Kaisar10,7738.3N/A
Independent Md. Nizam Uddin6,4365.0N/A
BNP Md. Atique Ullah5,5054.3−8.4
JI Syed Shah Alam Hossain2,6702.1−2.9
Gano Forum Chowdhury Ashraful Bari Noman1,3911.1N/A
BIF Noman Ahmed Khan7650.6N/A
Independent Md. A. Rezzak5510.4N/A
Majority 10,3028.0+0.3
Turnout 129,37971.2+23.8
JP(E) hold
General Election 1991: Habiganj-3 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury 38,26040.8
NAP (Muzaffar) Chowdhury Abdul Hai 31,04533.1
BNP Atik Ullah11,92712.7
Independent M. A. Mottalib4,7095.0
JI Syed Shah Alam Hossain4,7075.0
Independent Azizur Rahman Chowdhury1,4061.5
Independent Md. Tazul Islam5370.6
Zaker PartyMufti Abu Naser4800.5
FP Syed Ebadul Hasan3950.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abu Taher2830.3
Majority 7,2157.7
Turnout 93,74947.4
JP(E) hold

References

  1. "Habiganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  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). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Habiganj-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Mubin Chowdhury elected unopposed in Habiganj by-polls". bdnews24.com. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "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.

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