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Moulvibazar-3

Coordinates: 24°29′N 91°46′E / 24.48°N 91.77°E / 24.48; 91.77
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Moulvibazar-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMoulvibazar District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate391,358 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Mohammad Zillur Rahman[2]

Moulvibazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mohammad Zillur Rahman of the Awami League.[2]

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Moulvibazar Sadar and Rajnagar upazilas.[3][4]

History

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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.[5]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1986 Azizur Rahman Awami League[6]
1988 Gias Uddin Chowdhury Jatiya Party[7]
1991 Azizur Rahman Awami League
1996 Saifur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Nov 2001 by-election Naser Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Syed Mohsin Ali Awami League
2015 by-election Syeda Saira Mohsin Awami League
2018 Nesar Ahmed Awami League[1]
2024 Mohammad Zillur Rahman Awami League

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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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.[8]

Syed Mohsin Ali was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Moulvibazar-3[3][10][11]
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.[12]

Moulvibazar-3 by-election, November 2001[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Naser Rahman 102,987 94.3 +42.3
JP(E) Syed Sahab Uddin Ahmad 6,201 5.7 N/A
Majority 96,786 88.6 +82.3
Turnout 109,188 39.5 −35.7
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Moulvibazar-3[14]
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

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General Election June 1996: Moulvibazar-3[14]
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-e-Islami 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
General Election 1991: Moulvibazar-3[14]
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)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Moulvibazar-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "মৌলভীবাজারের ৪ আসনেই বিজয়ী নৌকা". Somoy News. Retrieved 7 Jan 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Ex-minister Mohsin Ali's widow wins Moulvibazar by-polls". bdnews24.com. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Litany Of Allegations". The Daily Star. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 358, 367. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "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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