Rajshahi-3
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Rajshahi-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Rajshahi-3 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Rajshahi District |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Electorate | 423,199 (2025) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4][5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq | Awami League[6] | |
| 1979 | Ehsan Ali Khan | BNP[7] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Sardar Amjad Hossain | BaKSAL[8] | |
| 1988 | Jatiya Party[9] | ||
| Feb 1996 | Muhammad Abdul Gafur | BNP | |
| Jun 1996 | Abu Hena | ||
| 2008 | Meraj Uddin Mollah | Awami League | |
| 2014 | Ayeen Uddin | ||
| 2024 | Asaduzzaman Asad | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mohammad Shafiqul Haque Milon | ||||
| IAB | Md. Fazlur Rahman | ||||
| Jamaat | Md. Abul Kalam Azad | ||||
| JP(E) | Md. Afzal Hossain | ||||
| Amjanatar Dol | Md. Saeed Parvez | ||||
| Independent | Md. Shahabuddin | ||||
| Independent | Mst. Habiba Begum | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ayeen Uddin | 67,879 | 82.8 | +29.9 | |
| Independent | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 12,343 | 15.1 | N/A | |
| JP(E) | Md. Shahabuddin | 1,744 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 55,536 | 67.8 | +49.7 | ||
| Turnout | 81,966 | 25.6 | −67.3 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Meraj Uddin Mollah | 142,487 | 52.9 | +21.9 | ||
| BNP | Kabir Hossain | 93,649 | 34.8 | −11.0 | ||
| Jamaat | Ataur Rahman | 32,527 | 12.1 | N/A | ||
| PDP | Md. Abdul Hay | 500 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 48,838 | 18.1 | +3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 269,163 | 92.9 | +6.5 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abu Hena | 113,255 | 45.8 | +11.6 | |
| AL | Jinatun Nesa Talukder | 76,717 | 31.0 | +3.7 | |
| IJOF | Sarder Amjad Hossain | 56,652 | 22.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Altafur Rahman | 782 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 36,538 | 14.8 | +7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 247,406 | 86.4 | +2.6 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abu Hena | 67,863 | 34.2 | +26.3 | ||
| AL | Md. Ibrahim Hossain | 54,121 | 27.3 | +2.9 | ||
| JP(E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 41,836 | 21.1 | −10.7 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Abdul Ahad Kabiraj | 33,824 | 17.1 | −9.1 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Abu Zahid Mostaq Hossain | 497 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 13,742 | 6.9 | +1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 198,141 | 83.8 | +15.0 | |||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Sardar Amjad Hossain | 49,136 | 31.8 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Abu Ahad Kabiraj | 40,436 | 26.2 | ||
| AL | Shree Rakhal Chandra Das | 37,626 | 24.4 | ||
| CPB | Md. Ibrahim Hossain | 14,891 | 9.6 | ||
| BNP | Md. Enamul Haq | 12,157 | 7.9 | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Nurul Alam | 134 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 8,700 | 5.6 | |||
| Turnout | 154,380 | 68.8 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
