Bagerhat-3

Bagerhat-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2018 by Habibun Nahar of the Awami League.

Bagerhat-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Bagerhat District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	226,194 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 96 Bagerhat-2 98 Bagerhat-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mongla and Rampal upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Khulna constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Aftab Uddin Howlader	Jatiya Party[4][5]
	1991	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Awami League
	Feb 1996	AU Ahmed	BNP[6]
	Jun 1996	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Awami League
	2008	Habibun Nahar
	2014	Talukder Abdul Khaleque
	2018 by-election	Habibun Nahar

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

To run for mayor of Khulna, Talukder Abdul Khaleque resigned from parliament on 10 April 2018.^[7] Habibun Nahar, his wife, was elected unopposed on 4 June, as she was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.^[8]

Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-3^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Habibun Nahar	97,015	58.2	+7.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mohammad Abdul Owadud Shaikh	66,177	39.7	N/A
	IAB	Md. Muzzammil Haque	3,174	1.9	N/A
	Gano Front	Md. Sekender Ali Moni	274	0.2	N/A
Majority			30,838	18.5	+13.6
Turnout			166,640	89.3	+8.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Bagerhat-3^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	76,779	50.9	+6.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	69,310	45.9	+17.0
	Jatiya Party (M)	M. A. Khaleq Hawlader	3,052	2.0	N/A
	IJOF	A. T. M. Hemayet Uddin	1,803	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,469	4.9	−10.3
Turnout			150,944	80.5	+3.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	52,445	44.1	−2.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	34,321	28.9	−3.6
	BNP	A. U. Ahmed	21,550	18.1	+0.1
	JP(E)	Khan Amzad Ali	4,809	4.0	+1.4
	IOJ	Md. Mozammel Haque	4,726	4.0	N/A
	WPB	Mohiuddin Sheikh	450	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Yunus Ali Mollik	385	0.3	−0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	S. M. Islam	154	0.1	N/A
	NDP	Daniel Biswash	48	0.0	N/A
Majority			18,124	15.2	+1.2
Turnout			118,888	76.8	+20.2
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Bagerhat-3^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	46,126	46.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	32,205	32.5
	BNP	A S M Mustafizur Rahman	17,812	18.0
	JP(E)	Sheik Abdus Sabur	2,593	2.6
	Zaker Party	Syed Akramul Haq	487	0.5
Majority			13,921	14.0
Turnout			99,223	56.6
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Bagerhat-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. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. "AL MP Khaleque resigns to contest Khulna city polls". The Daily Star. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
8. "Habibun Nahar elected MP of Bagerhat-3 uncontested". The Daily Star. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
9. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. 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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