{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Comilla-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কুমিল্লা-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Cumilla District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 500,726 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Comilla-2|250 Comilla-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Comilla-4|252 Comilla-4]] →}} }} '''Cumilla-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad|Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Muradnagar Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Ali Azam (Comilla politician)|Ali Azam]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Harun-or-Rashid (politician)|Harun-or-Rashid]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | rowspan="2" | [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |[[Rafiqul Islam Miah]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] |[[Rafiqul Islam Miah]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] | rowspan="3" | [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | rowspan="2" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |rowspan="2" | [[Yussuf Abdullah Harun]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /><!-- temporary source until full official constituency-wise results are published --> |- |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Jahangir Alam Sarkar]] |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Comilla-3<ref name="2026results" /><ref name="bssnews" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |votes = 159,291 |percentage = 57.55 |change = +5.25 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Yousuf Sohel |votes = 109,599 |percentage = 39.59 |change = +37.29 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 49,692 |percentage = 17.96 |change = +11.86 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 276,801 |percentage = 55.28 |change = +14.38 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 500,726 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Comilla-3<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Yussuf Abdullah Harun]] |votes = 78,647 |percentage = 57.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ahsanul Alam Kishor |votes = 56,336 |percentage = 41.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Aktar Hossain |votes = 1,214 |percentage = 0.9 |change = +0.8 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,311 |percentage = 16.4 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 136,197 |percentage = 40.9 |change = -43.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Comilla-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |votes = 124,386 |percentage = 52.3 |change = -1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jahangir Alam |votes = 109,823 |percentage = 46.2 |change = +4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Kamrul Hasan |votes = 1,488 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Mojibur Rahman |votes = 1,443 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Gano Front |candidate = Kamaluddin Bhuiyan |votes = 275 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Nure Alam |votes = 249 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Morshed Hayder |votes = 173 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 14,563 |percentage = 6.1 |change = -6.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 237,837 |percentage = 84.5 |change = +19.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Comilla-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |votes = 107511 |percentage = 54.0 |change = +23.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Yussuf Abdullah Harun]] |votes = 83301 |percentage = 41.8 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Golam Kibria Sarkar |votes = 2,906 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Rafiqul Islam Mia |votes = 1,640 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Haq |votes = 1,047 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Saiful Alam Mamun |votes = 698 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Shahidullah Sarkar |votes = 264 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Wahab |votes = 222 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Idris Ali Sarkar |votes = 217 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Milon Sarkar |votes = 179 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Mostakim Ahammed |votes = 123 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Abdul Aziz Khomini Huzur |votes = 112 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Shah Arefin |votes = 105 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Junnan Basri |votes = 92 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kamrul Hasan Mikail |votes = 84 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bhasani Front |candidate = Enayet Karim |votes = 76 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = H. M. Rafiqul Islam |votes = 75 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Ali Akbar Rana |votes = 69 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Vhashani Adarsha Bastabayana Parishad |candidate = Golam Faruk Sarkar |votes = 58 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Chowdhury Rafiqul Haq |votes = 52 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Jalal Uddin |votes = 50 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kamal Uddin |votes = 47 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Ahmmad Hossain Awal |votes = 39 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Mostak Ahmed |votes = 35 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Nazmul Hossain |votes = 32 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Mohammad Shah Alam Sarkar |votes = 30 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Khalilur Rahman |votes = 29 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Md. Amzad Hossain Bhuyan |votes = 28 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. K. M. Iqbal Kabir |votes = 22 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Ainul Haque |votes = 12 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,210 |percentage = 12.2 |change = +9.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 199,155 |percentage = 65.0 |change = -10.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Comilla-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |votes = 53,892 |percentage = 34.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Yusuf Abdullah Harun]] |votes = 50,063 |percentage = 31.8 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Rafiqul Islam Miah]] |votes = 47,763 |percentage = 30.3 |change = -5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Jasim Uddin Sarkar |votes = 3,579 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Md. Rafiqul Islam]] |votes = 449 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Shahid Ullah |votes = 386 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abu Taher Molla |votes = 336 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Ismail Zehadi |votes = 264 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Qazi Siddiqur Rahman |votes = 259 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Nazrul Islam |votes = 174 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Mehanati Front |candidate = M. A. Samad |votes = 173 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sheikh Kutub Uddin |votes = 85 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,829 |percentage = 2.4 |change = +1.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 157,423 |percentage = 75.6 |change = +27.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Comilla-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Rafiqul Islam Miah]] |votes = 46,380 |percentage = 35.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jahangir Alam |votes = 44,797 |percentage = 34.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]] |votes = 34,963 |percentage = 26.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Kazi Zahangir Alam |votes = 2,186 |percentage = 1.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Habibul Haq |votes = 1,641 |percentage = 1.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Salimullah |votes = 507 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ahmed Mirza Khabir |votes = 379 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,583 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 130,853 |percentage = 47.9 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Cumilla-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cumilla-3&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Comilla-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=251 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140256/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=251 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152017/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=250 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=250 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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