Dhaka-3

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Dhaka-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঢাকা-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Dhaka District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 362,159 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | module = {{align|left|← [[Dhaka-2|175 Dhaka-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Dhaka-4|177 Dhaka-4]] →}} }} '''Dhaka-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The constituency is currently represented by [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] member [[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]].

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses five [[union parishad]]s of [[Keraniganj Upazila]]: Aganagar, Konda, Subhadya, Tegharia, and Zinjira integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />

== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Nizam Uddin Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mostafa Mohsin Montu]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Md. Saifur Rahman]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Amanullah Aman]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="4" | [[Nasrul Hamid]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |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]] | [[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Dhaka-3<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b63e724f34914b4e55d86 |website=www.votebd.org}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]] |votes=99,163 |percentage=51.30 |change=+46.91 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Shahinur Islam |votes=83,264 |percentage=43.08 |change=+38.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Md. Sultan Ahmad Khan |votes=6,286 |percentage= 3.25 |change= +1.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,899 |percentage = 8.23 |change = -75.67 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 193,278 |percentage = 53.38 |change = -27.28 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 362,159 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title = [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Dhaka-3 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Awami League | candidate = [[Nasrul Hamid]] | votes = 221,351 | percentage = 91.11 | change = +33.23 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | candidate = [[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]] | votes = 16,612 | percentage = 6.84 | change = −30.15 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh | candidate = Md Sultan Ahmad Khan | votes = 4,992 | percentage = 2.05 | change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority | votes = 204,739 | percentage = 84.27 | change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box turnout | votes = 242,955 | percentage = 77.98 | change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box hold with party link | winner = Awami League | swing = +33.23 }}

Nasrul Hamid was re-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]]: Dhaka-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Nasrul Hamid]]|votes=112,623|percentage=58.5|change=+24.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Gayeshwar Chandra Roy]]|votes=70,680|percentage=0.0010|change=-27.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh|candidate=Md. Sultan Ahamed Khan|votes=7,176|percentage=3.7|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kaisar Alam Topu |votes = 1,637 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan|candidate=Md. Fokrul Islam|votes=394|percentage=0.2|change=-0.1}}

{{Election box majority||votes=41,943|percentage=21.8|change=-8.7}} {{Election box turnout||votes=192,510|percentage=76.8|change=+8.8}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Dhaka-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amanullah Aman]] |votes = 169,980 |percentage = 64.2 |change = +4.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Nasrul Hamid]] |votes = 89,375 |percentage = 33.7 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Saiful Islam |votes = 4,108 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Abu Zafar Quasemi |votes = 922 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Moniruzzaman Rubel |votes = 383 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Habibur Rahman |votes = 203 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 80,605 |percentage = 30.4 |change = -4.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 264,971 |percentage = 68.0 |change = -7.3 }} {{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]]: Dhaka-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amanullah Aman]] |votes = 124,096 |percentage = 59.9 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Shah Jahan |votes = 52,662 |percentage = 25.4 |change = -13.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Md. Saifur Rahman]] |votes = 22,093 |percentage = 10.7 |change = +9.9 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = Md. Nazrul Islam |votes = 3,131 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abul Hasem |votes = 1,859 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Alamgir Hossain |votes = 1,734 |percentage = 0.8 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. Samad |votes = 461 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Democratic Republican Party |candidate = Sk. Salah Uddin Ahmed |votes = 404 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Jalal Uddin |votes = 351 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Tafsil Jati Federation (S.K. Mandal) |candidate = Sri Sawpon Kumar Mandal |votes = 187 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Tafsili Federation (Sudir) |candidate = Sudir Chandra Sarker |votes = 150 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 71,434 |percentage = 34.5 |change = +16.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 207,128 |percentage = 75.3 |change = +16.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Dhaka-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Amanullah Aman]] |votes = 97,299 |percentage = 57.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mostafa Mohsin Montu]] |votes = 66,220 |percentage = 39.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Alamgir Hossain |votes = 2,580 |percentage = 1.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abul Hasem |votes = 1,676 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Obaidur Rahman |votes = 1,372 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Hafizur Rahman |votes = 348 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Md. Abul Hossain |votes = 304 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 31,079 |percentage = 18.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 169,799 |percentage = 58.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |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= |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= |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="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |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= |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= |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= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</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=171&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217141905/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=171&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= |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=182 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228235249/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=182 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Dhaka District]]