Sylhet-3
Sylhet-3 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 323,666 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Habibur Rahman Habib |
Sylhet-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Balaganj, Dakshin Surma, and Fenchuganj upazilas.[2]
History
[edit]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.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]
Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding eleven union parishads of Balaganj Upazila: Balaganj, Boaljur, Burunga Bazar, Dayamir, Boula Bazar, Omarpur, Osmanpur, Paschim Pailanpur, Purba Pailanpur, Sadipur, and Tajpur.[5][2][6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Abdur Rais | Awami League[7] | |
1979 | Dewan Shamsul Abedin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mohammad Habibur Rahman | Jatiya Party[9] | |
1988 | Abdul Mukit Khan | Jatiya Party[10] | |
February 1996 | Shafi Ahmad Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
June 1996 | Abdul Mukit Khan | Jatiya Party | |
2001 | Shafi Ahmad Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | Awami League | |
2014 | |||
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2018 | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | Awami League | |
Sep: 2021 by-election | Habibur Rahman Habib | Awami League | |
2024 | Habibur Rahman Habib[11] | Awami League |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | 97,593 | 53.5 | +16.1 | ||
BNP | Shafi Ahmed Choudhury | 54,955 | 30.1 | −17.1 | ||
JP(E) | Atiqur Rahman Atique | 17,674 | 9.7 | N/A | ||
Independent | Abdul Quiyum Choudhury | 12,042 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
JSD | Syed Habibur Rahman Hiron | 212 | 0.1 | −0.1 | ||
Majority | 42,638 | 23.4 | +13.6 | |||
Turnout | 182,476 | 85.2 | +12.1 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury | 55,994 | 47.2 | +18.9 | ||
AL | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | 44,342 | 37.4 | +8.6 | ||
IJOF | Abdul Mukit Khan | 15,402 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Ganatantri Party | Subal Chandra Pal | 1,400 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Mostafa Allama | 362 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
KSJL | Md. Badsha Mia | 345 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Independent | Alauddin Ahmed | 298 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
JSD | Siddiqur Rahman | 242 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Mahbubur Rahman | 124 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Rashedul Hossain | 84 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 11,652 | 9.8 | +9.3 | |||
Turnout | 118,593 | 73.1 | +3.1 | |||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP(E) | Abdul Mukit Khan | 26,659 | 29.3 | −9.1 | |
AL | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | 26,168 | 28.8 | +6.9 | |
BNP | Shafi Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury | 25,954 | 28.6 | +8.5 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Basit | 6,755 | 7.4 | −2.1 | |
Sammilita Sangram Parishad | Md. Rafiqul Islam Khan | 2,693 | 3.0 | N/A | |
IOJ | Alauddin Ahmed | 790 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Zaker Party | Azmat Hossain | 762 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Zakaria Masuk | 414 | 0.5 | N/A | |
WPB | Shafiq Ahmed | 325 | 0.4 | N/A | |
FP | Fayzul Alam Babul | 140 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | M. A. Qayum Chowdhury | 138 | 0.2 | −0.6 | |
BKA | Idris Ahmed Zakaria | 81 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 491 | 0.5 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 90,879 | 70.0 | +18.3 | ||
JP(E) hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP(E) | Abdul Mukit Khan | 33,416 | 38.4 | ||
AL | Atiqur Rahman Atique | 19,057 | 21.9 | ||
BNP | Shafi Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury | 17,470 | 20.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Basit | 8,296 | 9.5 | ||
Independent | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury | 7,095 | 8.1 | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Hafizur) | Abul Kalam Azad | 721 | 0.8 | ||
JSD | Saifur Razzak | 532 | 0.6 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Abdun Nur | 489 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 14,359 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 87,076 | 51.7 | |||
JP(E) hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sylhet-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs". Prothom Alo. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Winner". 6 January 2024.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "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
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