Moulvibazar-3
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Moulvibazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by M. Naser Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
| Moulvibazar-3 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Moulvibazar District |
| Division | Sylhet Division |
| Electorate | 391,358 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Member | M. Naser Rahman |
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
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | M. Naser Rahman | 156,757 | |||
| Jamaat | Md Abdul Mannan | 77,636 | |||
| CPB | Jahar Lal Dutta | ||||
| Khelafat Majlis | Ahmed Bilal | ||||
| Majority | 79,121 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
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.[9]
Syed Mohsin Ali was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]
Elections in the 2000s
| 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.[13]
| 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
| 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 | ||
| Jamaat | 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 | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||
