{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Lakshmipur-3 | image = File:লক্ষ্মীপুর-৩.svg | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | district = [[Lakshmipur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | electorate = 403,473 (2024) | year = 1984 | member_label = Member of Parliament | members = [[Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee]] | module = {{align|left|← [[Lakshmipur-2|275 Lakshmipur-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Lakshmipur-4|277 Lakshmipur-4]] →}} | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] }} '''Lakshmipur-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila|Lakshmipur Sadar]] except for nine [[union parishad]]s North Hamsadi, South Hamsadi, Dalal Bazar, Char Ruhita, Parbati Nagar, Shakchar, Tumchar, Char Ramanimohan, and Bakshipur integrating the remaining areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name=2018results/>
== History ==
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== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Awami League}}" | |1973 |[[AMM Advocate Bismillah Mia (Lakshmipur-3 (Old Noakhali-8))|AMM Advocate Bismillah Mia]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] |[[Mohammad Ullah (Lakshmipur politician)|Mohammad Ullah]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- | |[[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[Abdus Sattar (Lakshmipur politician)|Abdus Sattar]] |Combined opposition |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] |[[Khairul Enam]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] |[[Nurul Amin Bhuiyan]] |BNP |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |[[Khairul Enam]] |BNP |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |[[Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie]] |BNP |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| |[[2008 Bangladeshi general election |2008]] |[[Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal]] | Awami League |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2023 - by election |[[Mohammed Golam Faroque]] |Awami League |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie |BNP |- |}
== Elections ==
== Elections in the 2020s == {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Lakshmipur-3}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee]] |votes = 135,612 |percentage = 52.48 |change = +48.10 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Rezaul Karim |votes = 122,802 |percentage = 47.52 |change = +47.52 }} {{Election box majority | votes = 12,810 | percentage = 4.96 | change = -65.67 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 265,254 |percentage = 59.68 |change = }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 444,472 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}} After the death of the previous MP of this constituency [[A. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal]], new by-elections were taken on 5 November 2023.<ref name="obs5Nov2023">{{cite news |title=AL candidate Pinku wins Lakshmipur-3 by-polls |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=444899 |work=The Daily Observer |date=5 November 2023}}</ref> However, the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] has decided to cancel the results of the election after a video went viral online of a former [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]] leader (Awami League's student wing) is seen stamping the "boat" symbol of Awami League in 43 ballot papers in 57 seconds.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/ust05azvdm | title=Former BCL Leader stamps 43 ballots in 57-second, video goes viral | date=7 November 2023 }}</ref> {{Election box begin | title=2023 by-election: Lakshmipur-3<ref name="obs5Nov2023" />}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammed Golam Faroque]] |votes = 1,20,599 |percentage = 96.91% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Mohammad Rakib Hossain |votes = 3,846 |percentage = 3.09% |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2018]]: Lakshmipur-3<ref name=2018results />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal]] |votes = 2,33,728 |percentage = 70.63 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie]] |votes = 14,492 |percentage = 4.38 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Lakshmipur-3<ref name=2018results/>}} {{Election box end}} [[A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal]] from [[Bangladesh Awami League]] won uncontested.
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Lakshmipur-3<ref name=2018results/>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie]] |votes = |percentage = 56.45 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = |votes = |percentage = 42.25 |change = }} {{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]]: Lakshmipur-3<ref name=2018results />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie]] |votes = |percentage = 68.02 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = |votes = |percentage = 29.46 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = |votes = |percentage = 2.53 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name=2018results>{{cite news |title=Laxmipur-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Laxmipur-4&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> </references> {{Lakshmipur District}} {{Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh}}
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