{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Other uses|Cox's Bazar (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Cox's Bazar-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কক্সবাজার-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Cox's Bazar District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 535,138 (2026) | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] | local_council_label = | local_council = | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Cox's Bazar-2|295 Cox's Bazar-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Cox's Bazar-4|297 Cox's Bazar-4]] →}} }} '''Cox's Bazar-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila|Cox's Bazar Sadar]], [[Ramu Upazila|Ramu]], and [[Eidgaon Upazila|Eidgaon]], integrating all three upazilas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Chittagong-17 constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: [[Chittagong District|Chittagong]] and [[Cox's Bazar District|Cox's Bazar]]. The boundaries remained the same.<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Didarul Alam Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Mohammad Khalequzzaman]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Mohammad Sahiduzzaman]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" | [[Shaimum Sarwar Kamal]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Cox's Bazar-3}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] |votes = 182,096 |percentage = 52.31 |change = +26.86 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shahidul Alam Bahadur |votes = 161,827 |percentage = 46.49 |change = +27.09 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 20,269 |percentage = 5.82 |change = −43.20 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 356,656 |percentage = 65.31 |change = −16.84 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 545,963 }} {{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=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Cox’s Bazar-3}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Awami League |candidate=[[Shaimum Sarwar Kamal]] |votes=253,825 |percentage=74.47 |change=+43.27 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] |votes=86,718 |percentage=25.45 |change=−20.15 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Mofizur Rahman |votes=284 |percentage=0.08 |change=New }} {{Election box majority |votes=167,107 |percentage=49.02 |change=+34.62 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=340,827 |percentage=82.15 |change=−12.25 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors=414,930 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner=Bangladesh Awami League |loser=Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Shaimum Sarwar Kamal was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Cox's Bazar-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] |votes = 126,478 |percentage = 45.6 |change = -46.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shaimum Sarwar Kamal]] |votes = 86,536 |percentage = 31.2 |change = +24.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mohammad Sahiduzzaman]] |votes = 63,068 |percentage = 22.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Saiful Islam Chowdhury |votes = 578 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Syed Ullaya Azad |votes = 247 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party |candidate = RAM Ismail Faruk |votes = 185 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 39,942 |percentage = 14.4 |change = -70.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 277,092 |percentage = 94.4 |change = +51.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
The BNP candidate died days before the 1 October 2001 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 1 November. Mohammad Sahiduzzaman, the deceased's younger brother, ran in his place.<ref name="xh9Oct2001" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Cox's Bazar-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohammad Sahiduzzaman]] |votes = 113,895 |percentage = 91.9 |change = +48.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury]] |votes = 8,312 |percentage = 6.7 |change = -19.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Lutfur Rahman Kajal]] |votes = 746 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = BKSMA (Sadeq) |candidate = Krishak Md. Sadeq |votes = 539 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Manobatabadi Dal (Bamad) |candidate = Md. Omar Faruk |votes = 237 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ameer Mohammad Bachchu |votes = 190 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 105,583 |percentage = 85.2 |change = +67.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 123,919 |percentage = 42.6 |change = -32.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Cox's Bazar-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohammad Khalequzzaman]] |votes = 69,119 |percentage = 43.3 |change = +14.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury]] |votes = 41,405 |percentage = 26.0 |change = -4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Salamat Ullah |votes = 30,901 |percentage = 19.4 |change = -8.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Nurul Abdar |votes = 13,124 |percentage = 8.2 |change = +7.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Mohammad Muslem |votes = 4,509 |percentage = 2.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Didarul Alam Chowdhury]] |votes = 393 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 27,714 |percentage = 17.4 |change = +16.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 159,451 |percentage = 74.8 |change = +21.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Cox's Bazar-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury]] |votes = 32,106 |percentage = 30.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mohammad Khalequzzaman]] |votes = 31,109 |percentage = 29.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Salamat Ullah |votes = 30,141 |percentage = 28.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Shahjahan Chowdhury |votes = 9,913 |percentage = 9.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 1,686 |percentage = 1.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Khorshed Ara Haque]] |votes = 776 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Hafez Ahmad |votes = 222 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nurul Haque |votes = 210 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Munirul Alam Chowdhury |votes = 159 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 997 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 106,322 |percentage = 53.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Chittagong |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</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 |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&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=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030207/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&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="xh9Oct2001" >{{cite news |title=Bangladeshi Four-Party Alliance Wins 11 More Seats in Re-polling |newspaper=Xinhua News Agency |date=9 October 2001 |quote=Election to the Cox's Bazar-3 constituency, suspended due to the death of a candidate two days before the October 1 general election, has been rescheduled for November 1.}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=296 |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/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=296 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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