Noakhali-3

Noakhali-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Noakhali District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	392,330 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Noakhali-2 (Constituency 269)
Next Constituency	Noakhali-4 (Constituency 271)

Noakhali-3 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Begumganj 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	A B M Taleb Ali	Awami League [6] [7]
	1986	Mahmudur Rahman Belayet	Jatiya Party [8]
	1988	Mahbubur Rahman	Jatiya Party [9]
	1991	Salah Uddin Kamran	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Mahbubur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Barkat Ullah Bulu	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Mamunur Rashid Kiron	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Mamunur Rashid Kiron was 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: Noakhali-3 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Barkat Ullah Bulu	98,537	43.6	−14.9
	Independent	Mamunur Rashid Kiron	74,246	32.8	N/A
	Independent	Minhaz Ahmed	46,637	20.6	N/A
	AL	Mosammat Lutfunnahar Begum	4,098	1.8	−30.7
	IAB	Najir Ahmad	2,688	1.2	N/A
Majority			24,291	10.7	−15.3
Turnout			226,206	79.6	+12.9
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Noakhali-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mahbubur Rahman	50,378	58.5	+13.1
	AL	Mahmudur Rahman Belayet	27,978	32.5	+3.3
	IJOF	Abu Sufian	6,037	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Salah Uddin Kamran	883	1.0	N/A
	JSD	Nurul Amin Bhuyan	478	0.6	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque	241	0.3	−0.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	A. Wahab	145	0.2	N/A
Majority			22,400	26.0	+9.8
Turnout			86,140	66.7	+4.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mahbubur Rahman	25,570	45.4	+23.2
	AL	Mahmudur Rahman Belayet	16,458	29.2	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Ullah	6,038	10.7	−2.6
	JP(E)	Abu Sufian	5,895	10.5	+2.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan	1,539	2.7	−7.3
	BKA	Md. Mir Omar Faruk	335	0.6	−0.4
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque	255	0.5	−17.0
	Gano Forum	Md. Bazlur Rashid Chowdhury	165	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mohammad Ali	66	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,112	16.2	+13.7
Turnout			56,321	62.7	+24.7
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Noakhali-3 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Salah Uddin Kamran	11,378	22.2
	CPB	Nurul Islam	10,082	19.7
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub)	A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque	8,948	17.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shamsuddin	6,803	13.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan	5,097	10.0
	JP(E)	Abu Sufian	4,274	8.3
	Independent	Fakhrul Islam	3,489	6.8
	BKA	Delwar Hossain	529	1.0
	NAP (Bhashani)	Harun Rashid	194	0.4
	Jatia Mukti Dal	Nur Mohammad Khan	143	0.3
	Independent	Mahmudur Rahman Belayet	100	0.2
	Independent	A. K. M. Aamin Ullah	43	0.1
	NDP	Md. Jahurul Haq	39	0.1
	Independent	T. I. M. Nurunnabi	38	0.1
	FP	A. B. M. Anwar Hossain	32	0.1
Majority			1,296	2.5
Turnout			51,189	38.0
	BNP hold

References

1. "Noakhali-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). 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. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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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