Gopalganj-3

Electorate308,784 (2026)

Created1984

Gopalganj-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gopalganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	308,784 (2026)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of Parliament	S M Jilani
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Gopalganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. It was considered a bastion for The Bangladesh Awami League before the party was deregistered.

The constituency encompasses Kotalipara and Tungipara upazilas.^[1]^[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.^[3]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1986	Kazi Firoz Rashid	Jatiya Party (Ershad)^[4]^[5]
1991	Sheikh Hasina	Bangladesh Awami League
Feb 1996	Mujibur Rahman Howlader	Independent^[6]
Jun 1996	Sheikh Hasina	Bangladesh Awami League
2001
2008
2014
2018
2024
2026	S M Jilani	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Gopalganj-3^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	S M Jilani	60,991	45.27	+45.22
	Independent	Gobinda Chandra Pramanik	34,339	25.48	N/A
Majority			26,652	19.79	+19.79
Turnout			134,809	43.7	−30.7
Registered electors			308,784
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Gopalganj-3^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	229,539	99.9	+1.2
	BNP	S M Jilani	123	0.05	+0.05
	IAB	Maruf Sheikh	71	0.03	+0.03
Majority			229,416	99.9	+2.5
Turnout			229,747	93.2	+3.7
	AL hold

General Election 2014: Gopalganj-3^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	187,185	98.7	+1.6
	JP(E)	A. Z. Sheikh Apu	2,430	1.3	N/A
Majority			184,755	97.4	+3.0
Turnout			189,615	89.5	+2.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gopalganj-3^[1]^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	158,958	97.1	+2.4
	BNP	S. M. Jilani	4,451	2.7	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	SM Afzal Hossain	221	0.1	N/A
Majority			154,507	94.4	+4.1
Turnout			163,630	86.8	−0.5
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Gopalganj-3^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	154,130	94.7	+2.5
	IOJ	Omar Ahmad Saheb	7,223	4.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Birendra Nath Moitra	922	0.6	N/A
	IJOF	Shishir Chowdhury	410	0.3	N/A
Majority			146,907	90.3	+0.4
Turnout			162,685	87.3	+17.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gopalganj-3^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	102,689	92.2	+20.0
	BNP	Bishnu Pad Halder	2,568	2.3	0.0
	Jamaat	Abdul Mannan Sheikh	2,512	2.3	N/A
	BKA	Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury	2,277	2.0	−16.3
	Zaker Party	Biswas Fazlul Haque	524	0.5	N/A
	JP(E)	Kazi Firoz Rashid	453	0.4	N/A
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Sheikh Showkat Hossain Nilu	374	0.3	−1.3
Majority			100,121	89.9	+36.0
Turnout			111,397	79.8	+23.8
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Gopalganj-3^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	67,945	72.2
	BKA	Hafez Omar Ahmed	17,256	18.3
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Birendra Nath Moitra	4,246	4.5
	BNP	Omelendro Bishwas	2,116	2.3
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	Sheikh Shawkat Hossein Nilu	1,527	1.6
	Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal	Nirmal Sen	1,019	1.1
Majority			50,689	53.9
Turnout			94,109	56.0
	AL gain from JP(E)

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History

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

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