Patuakhali-3

Patuakhali-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Patuakhali District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	298,675 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	SM Shahjada

Patuakhali-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by SM Shahjada of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dashmina and Galachipa upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included one union parishad of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Auliapur. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Habibur Rahman Mia	Awami League [5]
	1979	Moazzem Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Anwar Hossain Howlader	Jatiya Party [7]
	1988	Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury	Jatiya Party [8]
	1991	AKM Jahangir Hossain	Awami League
	February 1996	Shajahan Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	AKM Jahangir Hossain	Awami League
	2008	Golam Maula Rony	Awami League
	2014	AKM Jahangir Hossain	Awami League
	2018	SM Shahjada	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Patuakhali-3 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKM Jahangir Hossain	153,840	97.7	+36.7
	BNF	AYM Kamrul Islam	3,105	2.0	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Habibur Rahman	489	0.3	N/A
Majority			150,735	95.7	+65.9
Turnout			157,434	62.5	-22.8
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Patuakhali-3 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Golam Maula Rony	120,010	61.0	+10.7
	BNP	Shahjahan Khan	61,423	31.2	-10.5
	IAB	Abu Bakar Siddik	14,970	7.6	N/A
	Gano Forum	Shah Alom Bhuyan	469	0.2	N/A
Majority			58,587	29.8	+21.2
Turnout			196,872	85.3	+23.9
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Patuakhali-3 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKM Jahangir Hossain	75,138	50.3	-2.4
	BNP	Shahjahan Khan	62,310	41.7	+9.1
	Independent	A. Barek Dhali	6,176	4.1	N/A
	IJOF	Anowar Hossain	4,366	2.9	N/A
	Independent	Syed Md. Haroon Ur Rashid	1,013	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abul Barkat	295	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Md. Samsul Haq Gazi	130	0.1	-0.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Moklesur Rahman Khan	29	0.0	N/A
Majority			12,828	8.6	-11.5
Turnout			149,457	61.4	-0.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Patuakhali-3 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKM Jahangir Hossain	50,639	52.7	-1.8
	BNP	Shahjahan Khan	31,281	32.6	+12.3
	IOJ	Md. Mohibullah	5,754	6.0	N/A
	JP(E)	Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury	3,977	4.1	-9.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ashraf Ali Khan	3,257	3.4	-7.1
	Zaker Party	Md. Ajizul Haque	380	0.4	+0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Nizam Uddin Tang	243	0.3	0.0
	CPB	Samsul Haque Gazi	212	0.2	N/A
	Gano Forum	Rafikul Islam	190	0.2	N/A
	FP	Afzal Hossain	180	0.2	+0.1
Majority			19,358	20.1	-14.1
Turnout			96,113	61.6	+22.8
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Patuakhali-3 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AKM Jahangir Hossain	51,754	54.5
	BNP	A. Baten	19,243	20.3
	JP(E)	Shahjahan Islam	12,416	13.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ashraf Ali Khan	9,950	10.5
	IOJ	Shahjahan Pada	947	1.0
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	A. B. Siddikur Rahman	306	0.3
	Zaker Party	A. Malek	271	0.3
	FP	Rafikul Islam	96	0.1
Majority			32,511	34.2
Turnout			94,983	38.8
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Patuakhali-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. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "Patuakhali-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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