Tangail-3
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Tangail-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Tangail-3 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 318,546 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Ghatail Upazila.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan | Awami League[4] | |
| 1979 | Sawkat Ali Bhuiyan | BNP[5] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan | Awami League[6] | |
| 1988 | Saidur Rahman Khan | Jatiya Party[7] | |
| 1991 | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | BNP | |
| 2008 | Mohammad Matiur Rahman | Awami League | |
| 2012 by-election | Amanur Rahman Khan Rana | Independent | |
| 2014 | Awami League[1] | ||
| 2018 | Ataur Rahman Khan | ||
| 2024 | Amanur Rahman Khan Rana | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Matiur Rahman died in September 2012. Independent candidate Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was elected in a November 2012 by-election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Amanur Rahman Khan Rana | 97,808 | 63.5 | N/A | |
| AL | Shahidul Islam Lebu | 44,531 | 28.9 | −32.9 | |
| JP(E) | Syed Abu Yusuf Abdullah Tuhin | 11,684 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 53,277 | 34.6 | +9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 154,023 | 56.8 | −30.6 | ||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mohammad Matiur Rahman | 140,642 | 61.8 | +15.8 | ||
| BNP | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | 83,076 | 36.5 | −12.4 | ||
| Zaker Party | Khalilur Rahman | 1,627 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 1,081 | 0.5 | −3.1 | ||
| IAB | Abdur Rashid | 917 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| BDB | Kazi Azijul Hoque | 238 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 57,566 | 25.3 | +22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 227,581 | 87.4 | +8.7 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | 94,420 | 48.9 | −1.4 | |
| AL | Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan | 88,725 | 46.0 | +2.7 | |
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 6,964 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| IJOF | Md. Abdul Kashem | 2,278 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. Habibur Rahman Khan | 499 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Party (M) | Ataur Rahman Khan | 111 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,695 | 3.0 | −4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 192,997 | 78.7 | −0.7 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | 73,815 | 50.3 | −9.1 | |
| AL | Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan | 63,538 | 43.3 | +3.9 | |
| JP(E) | S. A. S. Md. Jakaria | 6,381 | 4.3 | +4.0 | |
| Jamaat | Md. Abdul Hamid | 1,732 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| IOJ | Md. Yakub Ali Mian | 693 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Zaker Party | Md. Ajharul Islam | 458 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Gano Forum | Ataur Rahman Khan | 248 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,277 | 7.0 | −13.1 | ||
| Turnout | 146,865 | 79.4 | +19.2 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | 71,157 | 59.4 | |||
| AL | Shafiqur Rahman Khan | 47,141 | 39.4 | |||
| CPB | Shree Kartik Chandra Dutta | 519 | 0.4 | |||
| JP(E) | Saidur Rahman Khan | 390 | 0.3 | |||
| JSD (S) | Md. Mahmudul Rashid Chand Miah | 291 | 0.2 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | Md. Abul Kasem | 271 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 24,016 | 20.1 | ||||
| Turnout | 119,769 | 60.2 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
