Tangail-3

Tangail-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	318,546 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
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Tangail-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Amanur Rahman Khan Rana of the Awami League.

Boundaries

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan	Awami League [4]
	1979	Sawkat Ali Bhuiyan	BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan	Awami League [6]
	1988	Saidur Rahman Khan	Jatiya Party [7]
	1991	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	BNP
	2008	Mohammad Matiur Rahman	Awami League
	2012 by-election	Amanur Rahman Khan Rana	Independent
	2014		Awami League [1]
	2018	Ataur Rahman Khan
	2024	Amanur Rahman Khan Rana	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Matiur Rahman died in September 2012. Independent candidate Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was elected in a November 2012 by-election. ^[9]

Tangail-3 by-election, November 2012 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanur Rahman Khan Rana	97,808	63.5	N/A
	AL	Shahidul Islam Lebu	44,531	28.9	−32.9
	JP(E)	Syed Abu Yusuf Abdullah Tuhin	11,684	7.6	N/A
Majority			53,277	34.6	+9.3
Turnout			154,023	56.8	−30.6

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mohammad Matiur Rahman	140,642	61.8	+15.8
	BNP	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	83,076	36.5	−12.4
	Zaker Party	Khalilur Rahman	1,627	0.7	N/A
	KSJL	Abdul Kader Siddique	1,081	0.5	−3.1
	IAB	Abdur Rashid	917	0.4	N/A
	BDB	Kazi Azijul Hoque	238	0.1	N/A
Majority			57,566	25.3	+22.3
Turnout			227,581	87.4	+8.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Tangail-3 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	94,420	48.9	−1.4
	AL	Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan	88,725	46.0	+2.7
	KSJL	Abdul Kader Siddique	6,964	3.6	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Abdul Kashem	2,278	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Habibur Rahman Khan	499	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Ataur Rahman Khan	111	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,695	3.0	−4.0
Turnout			192,997	78.7	−0.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	73,815	50.3	−9.1
	AL	Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan	63,538	43.3	+3.9
	JP(E)	S. A. S. Md. Jakaria	6,381	4.3	+4.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abdul Hamid	1,732	1.2	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Yakub Ali Mian	693	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Ajharul Islam	458	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Ataur Rahman Khan	248	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,277	7.0	−13.1
Turnout			146,865	79.4	+19.2
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Tangail-3 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	71,157	59.4
	AL	Shafiqur Rahman Khan	47,141	39.4
	CPB	Shree Kartik Chandra Dutta	519	0.4
	JP(E)	Saidur Rahman Khan	390	0.3
	JSD (S)	Md. Mahmudul Rashid Chand Miah	291	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Abul Kasem	271	0.2
Majority			24,016	20.1
Turnout			119,769	60.2
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Tangail-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. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "AL sinks as rebel wins". The Daily Star. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 April 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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