Natore-3

Natore-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Natore District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	276,178 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Zunaid Ahmed Palak

Natore-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Zunaid Ahmed Palak of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Singra Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Yakub Ali	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	Md. Abu Bakar	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1995 by-election	Kazi Golam Morshed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Abul Kalam Azad	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Kazi Golam Morshed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	Awami League
	2014	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	Awami League
	2018	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	Awami League
	2024	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Natore-3 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	80,688	86.1	+25.0
	WPB	Mizanur Rahman Mizan	13,027	13.9	N/A
Majority			67,661	72.2	+48.4
Turnout			93,715	37.9	-55.6
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Natore-3 ^{[2] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zunaid Ahmed Palak	127,987	61.1	+15.0
	BNP	Kazi Golam Morshed	78,043	37.2	-14.3
	IAB	Md. Azizur Rahman	1,908	0.9	N/A
	BDB	Md. Mustafizur Rahman	1.131	0.5	N/A
	Gano Forum	Tamiz Uddin Ahammed	554	0.3	N/A
Majority			49,944	23.8	+18.4
Turnout			209,623	93.5	+6.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Natore-3 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Kazi Golam Morshed	88,071	51.5	+15.8
	AL	Md. Shahjahan Ali	78,848	46.1	+11.6
	Independent	M. M. Rahmat Ullah	1,822	1.1	N/A
	IJOF	Motahar Hossain Shahajada	1,443	0.8	N/A
	WPB	Mizanur Rahman Mizan	666	0.4	0.0
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Md. Tamij Uddin Ahmed	120	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,223	5.4	+4.2
Turnout			170,970	87.4	+6.9
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Natore-3 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Kazi Golam Morshed	43,162	35.7	+22.5
	AL	Md. Shahjahan Ali	41,718	34.5	+0.2
	JP(E)	Md. Abul Hassan	15,420	12.7	-1.0
	Independent	Yakub Ali	8,005	6.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Afsar Ali	6,314	5.2	-30.8
	IOJ	Golam Sorwar Chowdhury	5,305	4.4	N/A
	WPB	Mizanur Rahman Mizan	504	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Nazrul Islam	486	0.4	N/A
	NAP (Bhashani)	Zamir Uddin Mollah	145	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,444	1.2	-0.5
Turnout			121,059	80.5	+11.0
	BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

Kazi Golam Morshed of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election. ^[10]

General Election 1991: Natore-3 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abu Bakar	38,138	36.0
	AL	Md. Shahjahan Ali	36,287	34.3
	JP(E)	Md. Yakub Islam	14,516	13.7
	BNP	Md. Ashraful Islam	14,049	13.2
	Independent	Md. Monjur Alam	2,506	2.4
	JSD	Md. Mojibar Rahman	250	0.2
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Zamir Uddin Mollah	196	0.2
Majority			1,851	1.7
Turnout			105,942	69.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Natore-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. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "Natore-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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.
10. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN   0-7546-1628-2.

External links

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

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