Sunamganj-3
Sunamganj-3 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Sunamganj District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 292,471 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | M. A. Mannan |
Sunamganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by M. A. Mannan of the Awami League.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Shantiganj and Jagannathpur upazilas.[2][3]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | M. A. Mannan | 54,316 | 56.9 | −12.9 | |
Independent | Ajijus Samad Ajad | 41,123 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,193 | 13.8 | −26.6 | ||
Turnout | 95,439 | 37.0 | −48.2 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | M. A. Mannan | 134,559 | 69.8 | |||
IOJ | Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury | 56,765 | 29.5 | |||
LDP | Saydur Rahman Chowdhoury | 788 | 0.4 | |||
BKA | Md. Ishaq Amini | 630 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 77,794 | 40.4 | ||||
Turnout | 192,742 | 85.2 | ||||
AL gain from IOJ |
Abdus Samad Azad died in April 2005.[11] Islami Oikya Jote leader Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury was elected in a July 2005 by-election. He defeated Awami League candidate M. A. Mannan, Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Syed Ali Ahmed, independent candidate M. Nazrul Islam, and five other lower-polling contenders.[11][12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Abdus Samad Azad | 69,421 | 45.8 | +6.1 | |
BNP | Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury | 63,475 | 41.9 | +25.7 | |
IJOF | Abu Khaled Chowdhury | 17,738 | 11.7 | N/A | |
KSJL | Md. Abu Hossain | 345 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Tahur Uddin | 307 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | M. A. Malek Khan | 142 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Md. Ataur Rahman | 105 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 5,946 | 18.1 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 151,533 | 71.9 | +3.7 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Abdus Samad Azad | 42,851 | 39.7 | −4.1 | ||
JP(E) | Faruk Rashid Chowdhury | 32,328 | 29.9 | +2.4 | ||
BNP | Dewan Joinul Jakerin | 17,451 | 16.2 | +4.3 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury | 8,851 | 8.2 | −7.3 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Syed Saleh Ahmed | 3,107 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Md. Badiuzzaman | 1,465 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Independent | Abdul Motalib Chowdhury | 1,269 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Sujat Ahmed Chowdhury | 243 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Kazi Abdul Karim | 230 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
NAP | Abdul Hannan | 212 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 10,523 | 9.7 | −6.5 | |||
Turnout | 108,007 | 68.2 | +25.2 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Abdus Samad Azad | 37,701 | 43.8 | ||
JP(E) | Faruk Rashid Chowdhury | 23,723 | 27.5 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Syed Shamsul Islam | 13,358 | 15.5 | ||
BNP | Anisul Bari Chowdhury | 10,285 | 11.9 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Dewan Eskandar Reza Chowdhury | 609 | 0.7 | ||
Ganatantri Party | Gulzar Ahmmed | 237 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Waraidullah | 208 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 13,978 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 86,121 | 43.0 | |||
AL gain from CPB |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sunamganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Sunamganj-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Sunamganj-3 by-polls today". The Daily Star. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Alliance candidate wins Sunamganj bypolls". bdnews24.com. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "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
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