Kushtia-3

Kushtia-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kushtia District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	372,848 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 76 Kushtia-2 78 Kushtia-4 →

Kushtia-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kushtia Sadar 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	M Amir-ul Islam	Awami League[4]
	1979	Shah Azizur Rahman	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Syed Altaf Hossain	NAP[6]
	1988	Mohammad Badruddoza	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Abdul Khaleq Chantu	BNP
	Feb 1996	Sohrab Uddin
	Jun 1996	Abdul Khaleq Chantu
	2001	Sohrab Uddin
	2008	Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu	Awami League
	2014	Mahbubul Alam Hanif

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Kushtia-3[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahbubul Alam Hanif	105,577	94.3	+43.9
	BNF	Rokib Ur Rahman Khan Chowdhury	6,411	5.7	N/A
Majority			99,166	88.6	+85.4
Turnout			111,988	33.6	−54.9
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kushtia-3[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu	135,125	50.4	+13.3
	BNP	Sohrab Uddin	126,554	47.2	−13.9
	IAB	Md. Rahat Ali Bishwas	4,245	1.6	N/A
	BSD	Shafiur Rahman Shafi	840	0.3	N/A
	National People's Party	Md. Abu Ahad Al Mamun	509	0.2	N/A
	BDB	Abu Muzaffar Ahmad	423	0.2	N/A
	FP	Sheikh Motiar Rahman	319	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,571	3.2	−20.8
Turnout			268,015	88.5	+5.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Kushtia-3[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Sohrab Uddin	138,747	61.1	+21.7
	AL	M Amir-ul Islam	84,289	37.1	+6.6
	IJOF	Nafiz Ahmmed Khan Tito	3,298	1.5	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Abdullah Al Mamun	392	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Jahangir Hossain	281	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Wasim Uddin Master	224	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Jahurul Islam	26	0.0	N/A
Majority			54,458	24.0	+15.1
Turnout			227,257	82.8	−1.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kushtia-3[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Khaleq Chantu	72,260	39.4	−2.7
	AL	Anwar Ali	55,889	30.5	+7.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Anisur Rahman	30,983	16.9	−1.8
	JP(E)	Jafar Ullah Khan Chowdhury	20,512	11.2	+8.7
	IOJ	Dewan Abdul Khaleq	2,604	1.4	+0.5
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Abdullah Al Mamun	551	0.3	N/A
	FP	Liakot Ali	233	0.1	N/A
	Independent	M Amir-ul Islam	230	0.1	−8.0
Majority			16,371	8.9	−10.3
Turnout			183,262	84.3	+15.7
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Kushtia-3[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Khaleq Chantu	62,180	42.1
	AL	Anwar Ali	33,862	23.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Anisur Rahman	27,653	18.7
	Independent	M Amir-ul Islam	11,929	8.1
	UCL	Md. Nur Ahmed Bokul	5,668	3.8
	JP(E)	S. M. Aziaul Haq	3,637	2.5
	IOJ	Md. Sirajul Haq	1,265	0.9
	Zaker Party	Md. Rafiq Khan Khokon	533	0.4
	NDP	A. K. M. Masud	407	0.3
	Independent	Wasim Uddin Master	231	0.2
	JSD (S)	Saidur Rahman	213	0.1
Majority			28,318	19.2
Turnout			147,578	68.6
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Kushtia-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. "Kushtia-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Kushtia-3". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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