Moulvibazar-3

Moulvibazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Moulvibazar-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Moulvibazar District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	391,358 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 236 Moulvibazar-2 238 Moulvibazar-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Moulvibazar Sadar and Rajnagar 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

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Azizur Rahman	Awami League[5]
	1988	Gias Uddin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[6]
	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[7]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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]

Moulvibazar-3 by-election, November 2001^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Naser Rahman	102,987	94.3	+42.3
	JP(E)	Syed Sahab Uddin Ahmad	6,201	5.7	N/A
Majority			96,786	88.6	+82.3
Turnout			109,188	39.5	−35.7
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Moulvibazar-3^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Moulvibazar-3^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Moulvibazar-3^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)