Sirajganj-3

Sirajganj-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sirajganj District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	367,549 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abdul Aziz

Sirajganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Abdul Aziz of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Raiganj and Tarash upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts: Sirajganj and Pabna. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Ishaque Hossain Talukder	Awami League [5]
	1988	Ataur Rahman	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(Rab) [6]
	1991	Abdul Mannan Talukder	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Ishaque Hossain Talukder	Awami League
	2014 by-election	Gazi MM Amjad Hossain
	2018	Abdul Aziz
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ishaque Hossain Talukder died in October 2014. Gazi MM Amjad Hossain of the Awami League was elected unopposed in December after the Election Commission disqualified the only other candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month. ^[7]

Ishaque Hossain Talukder was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sirajganj-3 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Ishaque Hossain Talukder	164,752	59.5	+16.7
	BNP	Abdul Mannan Talukder	109,525	39.5	-16.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Asaduzzaman	1,955	0.7	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mustofa M. Kamal	777	0.3	N/A
Majority			55,227	19.9	+13.9
Turnout			277,009	92.8	+8.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sirajganj-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan Talukder	127,780	56.1	+11.6
	AL	Mohammed Nasim	97,609	42.8	+0.3
	IJOF	Md. Sarder A. Jalil	1,837	0.8	N/A
	CPB	Md. Ismail Hossain	589	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Salim	127	0.1	N/A
Majority			30,171	6.0	+4.1
Turnout			227,942	84.4	+5.4
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sirajganj-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan Talukdar	74,192	44.5	+6.4
	AL	Ishaque Hossain Talukdar	70,975	42.5	+8.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. B. M. Abdus Sattar	17,845	10.7	-10.2
	JP(E)	Sarder A. Zabbar	2,357	1.4	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Mufti Khalilur Rahman	1,510	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,217	1.9	-1.7
Turnout			166,879	79.0	+20.3
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Sirajganj-3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Mannan Talukdar	46,101	38.1
	AL	Ishaque Hossain Talukdar	41,692	34.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Matar Rahman Kha	25,234	20.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ataur Rahman	5,281	4.4
	Zaker Party	Kazi Shariful Alam	2,369	2.0
	WPB	Ohidul Alam	205	0.2
Majority			4,409	3.6
Turnout			120,882	58.7
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Sirajganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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: Pabna" (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. "Gazi Amzad elected unopposed". The Daily Star. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "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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