{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Manikganj-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = মানিকগঞ্জ-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Manikganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 319,722 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = |members_label = Member of Parliament |members = [[Afroza Khanam Rita]] | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | next = | module = {{align|left|← [[Manikganj-2|169 Manikganj-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Munshiganj-1|171 Munshiganj-1]] →}} }} '''Manikganj-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Afroza Khanam Rita]] is the incumbent representative of this constituency since February 2026.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Saturia Upazila]] and all but the three southernmost [[union parishad]]s of [[Manikganj Sadar Upazila]]: Bhararia, Hati Para, and Putail.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the [[Dhaka-3]] constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]], [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]], [[Gazipur District|Gazipur]], [[Narsingdi District|Narsingdi]], and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj]].
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|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] |[[Abdul Malek (Manikganj politician)|Abdul Malek]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Nizam Uddin Khan]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 1996 by-election | [[Abdul Wahab Khan (judge)|Abdul Wahab Khan]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Harunur Rashid Khan Monno]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Zahid Maleque]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Afroza Khanam Rita]] | BNP |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Manikganj-3<ref>{{Cite web |title=মানিকগঞ্জ-৩ আসনে বিপুল ভোটে বিজয়ী আফরোজা খানম রিতা |url=https://dailyinqilab.com/bangladesh/news/863706 |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=দৈনিক ইনকিলাব |language=bn}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Afroza Khanam Rita]] |votes = 166,175 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis |candidate = Md Sayid Nur |votes = 62,916 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent |candidate = Ataur Rahman Ata |votes = 20,375 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent |candidate = Rafikul Islam Khan |votes = 3,552 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Shahjahan Ali Shazu |votes = 3,491 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Shamsuddin Ahmed |votes = 2,768 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Abul Bashar Badshah |votes = 1,942 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent |candidate = Moazzem Hossain Khan |votes = 1,321 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in the 2010s === Zahid Maleque 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]]: Manikganj-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Zahid Maleque]] |votes = 130,111 |percentage = 57.9 |change = +19.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Harunur Rashid Khan Monno]] |votes = 92,216 |percentage = 41.0 |change = -15.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Sohrab Hossen |votes = 941 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = [[Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal]] |votes = 854 |percentage = 0.4 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Md. Habibur Rahman |votes = 405 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Iqbal Hossain Khan |votes = 291 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -1.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 37,895 |percentage = 16.9 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 224,818 |percentage = 88.7 |change = +9.0 }} {{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]]: Manikganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Harunur Rashid Khan Monno]] |votes = 105,474 |percentage = 56.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Zahid Maleque]] |votes = 71,139 |percentage = 38.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Helal Uddin Ahmed |votes = 7,078 |percentage = 3.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Iqbal Hossain Khan |votes = 2,188 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Rofiqa Halim Chowdhury |votes = 822 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Abul Khayer Siddiqi |votes = 170 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 34,335 |percentage = 18.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 186,871 |percentage = 79.7 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Nizam Uddin Khan died in office. Abdul Wahab Khan of the BNP was elected in a 1996 by-election.<ref name="1996results" /><ref name="ds2Sep2013" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Manikganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nizam Uddin Khan]] |votes = 64,715 |percentage = 44.6 |change = -6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Abdul Malek (politician)|Abdul Malek]] |votes = 41,532 |percentage = 28.6 |change = +19.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jalal Uddin Ahmed |votes = 30,126 |percentage = 20.8 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Iqbal Hossain Khan |votes = 3,225 |percentage = 2.2 |change = -2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Anwar Hossain |votes = 1,945 |percentage = 1.3 |change = -1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = [[Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal]] |votes = 1,882 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abu Taher |votes = 1,203 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Gazi Mamunur Rahman |votes = 530 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -1.4 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 23,183 |percentage = 16.0 |change = -11.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 145,158 |percentage = 81.1 |change = +17.5 }} {{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]]: Manikganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Nizam Uddin Khan]] |votes = 63,963 |percentage = 50.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal]] |votes = 29,068 |percentage = 23.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Nurul Aamin Khan |votes = 11,771 |percentage = 9.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Azaharul Islam Aarzu |votes = 6,797 |percentage = 5.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Iqbal Hossain Khan |votes = 6,409 |percentage = 5.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Delwar Hossain |votes = 4,062 |percentage = 3.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Golam Rabbani |votes = 2,328 |percentage = 1.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Hafizul Islam Nannu Miah |votes = 1,008 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Moazzem Hossain Khan Mojlish |votes = 330 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Syed Sarwar Alam Chowdhury |votes = 309 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 34,895 |percentage = 27.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 126,045 |percentage = 63.6 |change = }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Manikganj-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Manikganj-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="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}}</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=161&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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=174 |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/20081229001914/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=174 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1996results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 7th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=6 March 2018 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064449/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ds2Sep2013">{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/obituary-95 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> </references>
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