Sirajganj-3

Sirajganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Abdul Aziz of the Awami League.

Sirajganj-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictSirajganj District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate367,549 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Abdul Aziz

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Raiganj and Tarash upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts: Sirajganj and Pabna.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Ishaque Hossain Talukder Awami League[5]
1988 Ataur Rahman [6]
1991 Abdul Mannan Talukder Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Ishaque Hossain Talukder Awami League
2014 by-election Gazi MM Amjad Hossain Awami League
2018 Abdul Aziz Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ishaque Hossain Talukder died in October 2014. Gazi MM Amjad Hossain of the Awami League was elected unopposed in December after the Election Commission disqualified the only other candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.[7]

Ishaque Hossain Talukder was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Sirajganj-3[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Ishaque Hossain Talukder 164,752 59.5 +16.7
BNP Abdul Mannan Talukder 109,525 39.5 -16.6
Zaker Party Md. Asaduzzaman 1,955 0.7 N/A
JSD (R) Mustofa M. Kamal 777 0.3 N/A
Majority 55,227 19.9 +13.9
Turnout 277,009 92.8 +8.4
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Sirajganj-3[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan Talukder 127,780 56.1 +11.6
Awami League Mohammed Nasim 97,609 42.8 +0.3
IJOF Md. Sarder A. Jalil 1,837 0.8 N/A
CPB Md. Ismail Hossain 589 0.3 N/A
Independent Muhammad Salim 127 0.1 N/A
Majority 30,171 6.0 +4.1
Turnout 227,942 84.4 +5.4
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Sirajganj-3[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan Talukdar 74,192 44.5 +6.4
Awami League Ishaque Hossain Talukdar 70,975 42.5 +8.0
Jamaat-e-Islami A. B. M. Abdus Sattar 17,845 10.7 -10.2
JP(E) Sarder A. Zabbar 2,357 1.4 N/A
IOJ Md. Mufti Khalilur Rahman 1,510 0.9 N/A
Majority 3,217 1.9 -1.7
Turnout 166,879 79.0 +20.3
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Sirajganj-3[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan Talukdar 46,101 38.1
Awami League Ishaque Hossain Talukdar 41,692 34.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Matar Rahman Kha 25,234 20.9
JSD (R) Ataur Rahman 5,281 4.4
Zaker Party Kazi Shariful Alam 2,369 2.0
Workers Party Ohidul Alam 205 0.2
Majority 4,409 3.6
Turnout 120,882 58.7
BNP gain from N/A

References
  1. "Sirajganj-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. "District Statistics 2011: Pabna" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Gazi Amzad elected unopposed". The Daily Star. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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.


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