Sunamganj-3

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Sunamganj-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Sunamganj District
Division Sylhet Division
Electorate292,471 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984
Party-
Member(s)-

Sunamganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by M. A. Mannan of the Awami League.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shantiganj and Jagannathpur 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 Faruk Rashid Chowdhury Communist Party of Bangladesh [5] [6]
1991 Abdus Samad Azad Awami League
Feb 1996 Gulzar Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Jun 1996 Abdus Samad Azad Awami League
2005 by-election Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury Islami Oikya Jote
2008 M. A. Mannan Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sunamganj-3 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL M. A. Mannan 54,31656.9−12.9
Independent Ajijus Samad Ajad41,12343.1N/A
Majority 13,19313.8−26.6
Turnout 95,43937.0−48.2
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-3 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL M. A. Mannan 134,55969.8
IOJ Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury 56,76529.5
LDP Saydur Rahman Chowdhoury7880.4
BKA Md. Ishaq Amini6300.3
Majority 77,79440.4
Turnout 192,74285.2
AL gain from IOJ

Abdus Samad Azad died in April 2005. [11] Islami Oikya Jote leader Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury was elected in a July 2005 by-election. He defeated Awami League candidate M. A. Mannan, Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Syed Ali Ahmed, independent candidate M. Nazrul Islam, and five other lower-polling contenders. [11] [12]

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-3 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdus Samad Azad 69,42145.8+6.1
BNP Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury 63,47541.9+25.7
IJOF Abu Khaled Chowdhury17,73811.7N/A
KSJL Md. Abu Hossain3450.2N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Tahur Uddin3070.2N/A
Independent M. A. Malek Khan1420.1N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)Md. Ataur Rahman1050.1−0.1
Majority 5,94618.1+8.4
Turnout 151,53371.9+3.7
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-3 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdus Samad Azad 42,85139.7−4.1
JP(E) Faruk Rashid Chowdhury 32,32829.9+2.4
BNP Dewan Joinul Jakerin17,45116.2+4.3
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury 8,8518.2−7.3
JI Syed Saleh Ahmed3,1072.9N/A
IOJ Md. Badiuzzaman1,4651.4N/A
Independent Abdul Motalib Chowdhury1,2691.2N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)Sujat Ahmed Chowdhury2430.2N/A
Zaker PartyKazi Abdul Karim2300.2N/A
NAP Abdul Hannan2120.2N/A
Majority 10,5239.7−6.5
Turnout 108,00768.2+25.2
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Sunamganj-3 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdus Samad Azad 37,70143.8
JP(E) Faruk Rashid Chowdhury 23,72327.5
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam BangladeshSyed Shamsul Islam13,35815.5
BNP Anisul Bari Chowdhury10,28511.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Dewan Eskandar Reza Chowdhury6090.7
Ganatantri PartyGulzar Ahmmed2370.3
Independent Waraidullah2080.2
Majority 13,97816.2
Turnout 86,12143.0
AL gain from CPB

References

  1. "Sunamganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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: 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. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. "Sunamganj-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  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. 1 2 "Sunamganj-3 by-polls today". The Daily Star. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  12. "Alliance candidate wins Sunamganj bypolls". bdnews24.com. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "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.

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