{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Nilphamari-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নীলফামারী-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Nilphamari District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 294,446 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = |party_label = Parliamentary Party |party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] |members = [[Obaidullah Salafi]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Nilphamari-2|13 Nilphamari-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Nilphamari-4|15 Nilphamari-4]] →}} }} '''Nilphamari-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Obaidullah Salafi]] is the current member of Parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Jaldhaka Upazila]].<ref name="pa1May2018" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: [[Nilphamari District|Nilphamari]], [[Lalmonirhat District|Lalmonirhat]], [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Kurigram District|Kurigram]], and [[Gaibandha District|Gaibandha]].
Ahead of the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]], the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included three [[union parishad]]s of [[Kishoreganj Upazila]]: Barabhita, Putimari, and Ranachandi.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Joban Uddin Ahmad]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[MK Alam Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Md. Azaharul Islam]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Anwarul Kabir Chowdhury]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Golam Mostofa (politician)|Golam Mostofa]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Rana Mohammad Sohel]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Saddam Hussain Pavel]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Obaidullah Salafi]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Nilphamari-3<ref>{{cite web |title=নীলফামারী-৩ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/14 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Obaidullah Salafi]] |votes= 108,560 |percentage=52.8 |change=+21.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Alhaj Syed Ali |votes= 89,102 |percentage=43.3 |change=N/A }} {{Election box majority |votes = 19,458 |percentage = 9.5 |change = -27.3 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 205,764 |percentage = 69.9 |change = -21.3 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 294,446 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Independent politician |swing = +21.6 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Nilphamari-3<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Golam Mostofa (politician)|Golam Mostofa]] |votes = 78,919 |percentage = 79.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] |votes = 20,345 |percentage = 20.5 |change = -47.6 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 58,574 |percentage = 59.0 |change = +22.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 99,264 |percentage = 38.0 |change = -53.2 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Nilphamari-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Kazi Faruque Kader]] |votes = 145,688 |percentage = 68.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Azizul Islam |votes = 66,849 |percentage = 31.2 |change = -6.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdul Monayem |votes = 1,549 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 78,839 |percentage = 36.8 |change = +31.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 214,086 |percentage = 91.2 |change = +9.2 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Nilphamari-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 64,180 |percentage = 38.0 |change = +6.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Dipendra Nath Sarkar |votes = 55,043 |percentage = 32.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Rashidul Alam Chowdhury |votes = 44,014 |percentage = 26.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Kazi Nurannabi |votes = 4,081 |percentage = 2.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Jahed Ali |votes = 552 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Azizul Islam |votes = 496 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. K. Nazrul Haque |votes = 388 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,137 |percentage = 5.4 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 168,754 |percentage = 82.0 |change = +11.2 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Nilphamari-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)|Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 37,546 |percentage = 31.3 |change = +5.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Rashidul Alam Chowdhury |votes = 35,030 |percentage = 29.2 |change = +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Azharul Islam]] |votes = 34,439 |percentage = 28.7 |change = -4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Anwarul Kabir Chowdhury |votes = 8,702 |percentage = 7.3 |change = +2.3 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan |candidate = Md. Kamrul Alam Kabir |votes = 1,810 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Abdul Hakim |votes = 731 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Jahed Ali |votes = 577 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Gafur |votes = 572 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Mozaffor Hossain |votes = 446 |percentage = 0.4 |change = +0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,516 |percentage = 2.1 |change = -4.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 119,853 |percentage = 70.8 |change = +12.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Nilphamari-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Azaharul Islam]] |votes = 37,131 |percentage = 33.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Nurul Haq |votes = 30,064 |percentage = 27.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = [[Joban Uddin Ahmad]] |votes = 28,806 |percentage = 25.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Mominur Rahman Chowdhury |votes = 5,538 |percentage = 5.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = [[Kazi Abdul Kader]] |votes = 4,834 |percentage = 4.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Kamrul Alam Kabir |votes = 3,414 |percentage = 3.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Md. Nuruzzaman |votes = 1,076 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdur Rouf Pramanik |votes = 446 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Hamidul Ehesan |votes = 155 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 7,067 |percentage = 6.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 111,464 |percentage = 58.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Nilphamari-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Nilphamari-3&d=rangpur |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="pa1May2018">{{cite news |title=EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs |url=http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/174911/EC-changes-25-parliament-seat-demarcations-under |newspaper=Prothom Alo |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=3 August 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 |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 |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="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 |title=Nilphamari-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=14 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430113848/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=14 |archive-date=30 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=11&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=14 |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/20081224223156/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=14 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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