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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moulvibazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mohammad Zillur Rahman of the Awami League.[2]
Moulvibazar-3 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Moulvibazar District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 391,358 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Mohammad Zillur Rahman[2] |
The constituency encompasses Moulvibazar Sadar and Rajnagar upazilas.[3][4]
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.[5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | Azizur Rahman | Awami League[6] | |
1988 | Gias Uddin Chowdhury | Jatiya Party[7] | |
1991 | Azizur Rahman | Awami League | |
1996 | Saifur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
Nov 2001 by-election | Naser Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Syed Mohsin Ali | Awami League | |
2015 by-election | Syeda Saira Mohsin | Awami League | |
2018 | Nesar Ahmed | Awami League[1] | |
2024 | Mohammad Zillur Rahman | Awami League |
Syed Mohsin Ali died in September 2015. Syeda Saira Mohsin, his widow, was elected unopposed in November 2015 after the Election Commission disqualified the other four candidates in the by-election scheduled for December 2015.[8]
Syed Mohsin Ali was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Syed Mohsin Ali | 144,921 | 55.3 | N/A | ||
BNP | Saifur Rahman | 112,895 | 43.1 | −51.2 | ||
Independent | Shamim Afzal | 1,950 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
CPB | Syed Abu Zafar Ahmed | 1,264 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
BSD | Mamunur Rashid Sohel | 997 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
JSD | Aliur Rahman | 97 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 32,026 | 12.2 | −76.4 | |||
Turnout | 262,124 | 84.8 | +45.3 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Saifur Rahman stood for two seats in the October 2001 general election: Sylhet-1 and Moulvibazar-3. After winning both, he chose to represent the former and quit the latter, triggering a by-election. Naser Rahman, his son, was elected on the BNP ticket in a November 2001 by-election.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Saifur Rahman | 108,513 | 52.0 | +2.4 | |
AL | Azizur Rahman | 95,319 | 45.7 | +8.5 | |
IJOF | Suleman Khan | 3,980 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Mamunur Rashid | 485 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. A. Matin | 371 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,194 | 6.3 | −6.1 | ||
Turnout | 208,668 | 75.2 | −0.3 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Saifur Rahman | 84,292 | 49.6 | +23.0 | ||
AL | Azizur Rahman | 63,177 | 37.2 | −4.9 | ||
JP(E) | Gias Uddin Chowdhury | 15,170 | 8.9 | −20.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Sirajul Islam Motlib | 3,530 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Jobayer Ahmed Chowdhury | 2,237 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
JSD | Md. Abdul Haq | 535 | 0.3 | −1.5 | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | Md. Abdul Matin | 427 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Independent | Nilufar Zaman Nila Chowdhury | 255 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Saeed Ullah | 249 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | Badrul Hossain | 210 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 21,115 | 12.4 | −0.7 | |||
Turnout | 170,082 | 75.5 | +24.6 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Azizur Rahman | 55,977 | 42.1 | |||
JP(E) | Gias Uddin Ahmed | 35,528 | 29.0 | |||
BNP | Saifur Rahman | 35,396 | 26.6 | |||
JSD | Md. Abdul Haq | 2,344 | 1.8 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Nasir Uddin Chowdhury | 419 | 0.3 | |||
Zaker Party | Ibrahim Khalil Azadi | 297 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 17,449 | 13.1 | ||||
Turnout | 132,961 | 50.9 | ||||
AL gain from JP(E) |
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