{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Faridpur-3 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = ফরিদপুর-৩.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Faridpur District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Dhaka Division]] |population = |electorate = 353,469 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = |members = [[Nayab Yusuf Ahmed]] |party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> |party = ''None'' |next = |previous = |module = {{align|left|← [[Faridpur-2|212 Faridpur-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Faridpur-4|214 Faridpur-4]] →}} }} '''Faridpur-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila]].<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|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Syed Qumrul Islam Saleh Uddin]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Sirajul Islam Mridha]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Kamran Hossain Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] | [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Politician}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Abdul Kader Azad]] | [[Independent Politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party }}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Nayab Yusuf Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2010s === Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain 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]]: Faridpur-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 122,047 |percentage = 52.8 |change = +15.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 76,478 |percentage = 33.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]] |votes = 30,821 |percentage = 13.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Khandoker Wahiduzzman |votes = 1,455 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Bashijet Kumar Ganguly |votes = 375 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 45,569 |percentage = 19.7 |change = -4.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 231,176 |percentage = 86.4 |change = +8.9 }} {{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]]: Faridpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 114,618 |percentage = 61.3 |change = +21.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 69,544 |percentage = 37.2 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Sanjiban Kumar Saha |votes = 1,734 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = M. A. Karim |votes = 405 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Abu Md. Mokhlesur Rahman |votes = 278 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Desh Prem Party |candidate = Marshal Shah Alam |votes = 234 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Joinal Abedin |votes = 130 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Khorsedul Alam Siraj |votes = 26 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 45,074 |percentage = 24.1 |change = +13.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 186,969 |percentage = 77.5 |change = -5.3 }} {{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]]: Faridpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 60,779 |percentage = 39.4 |change = -7.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942)|Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain]] |votes = 44,511 |percentage = 28.8 |change = +3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Imran Hossain Chowdhury |votes = 25,547 |percentage = 16.6 |change = +14.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]] |votes = 12,334 |percentage = 8.0 |change = -4.4 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A.H.M. Nazmul Huda |votes = 10,086 |percentage = 6.5 |change = -4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Motahar Hossain Mamun |votes = 544 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) |candidate = Syed Harun Ar Rashid |votes = 280 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) |candidate = Sikdar Maqim Uddin Ahmed |votes = 147 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Farid Hossain Siddiqi |votes = 107 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 16,268 |percentage = 10.5 |change = -11.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 154,335 |percentage = 82.8 |change = +17.4 }} {{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]]: Faridpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf]] |votes = 62,432 |percentage = 47.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Imam Uddin Ahmmad |votes = 33,653 |percentage = 25.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]] |votes = 16,502 |percentage = 12.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdul Mannan Molla |votes = 14,111 |percentage = 10.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Saiful Islam Nilu |votes = 2,505 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = K. M. Obaidur Rahman |votes = 1,871 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = A. Razzak Molla |votes = 1,028 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Freedom League |candidate = Belayet Hossein |votes = 602 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Kausar Ahmmed |votes = 134 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 28,779 |percentage = 21.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 132,838 |percentage = 65.4 |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=Faridpur-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Faridpur-3&d=dhaka |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="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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</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}}</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}}</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=211&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=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105809/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=211&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=211 |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/20081228235951/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=211 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

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