{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Noakhali-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নোয়াখালী-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Noakhali District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 392,330 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Vacant | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = None | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Noakhali-2|269 Noakhali-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Noakhali-4|271 Noakhali-4]] →}} }} '''Noakhali-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 [[Begumganj 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|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[A B M Taleb Ali]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /><ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mahmudur Rahman Belayet]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Mahbubur Rahman (politician, born 1940)|Mahbubur Rahman]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Salah Uddin Kamran]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Mahbubur Rahman (politician, born 1940)|Mahbubur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Mamunur Rashid Kiron]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}

== Elections ==

=== Elections in the 2010s === Mamunur Rashid Kiron was 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]]: Noakhali-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]] |votes = 98,537 |percentage = 43.6 |change = -14.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mamunur Rashid Kiron]] |votes = 74,246 |percentage = 32.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Minhaz Ahmed |votes = 46,637 |percentage = 20.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Mosammat Lutfunnahar Begum |votes = 4,098 |percentage = 1.8 |change = -30.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Najir Ahmad |votes = 2,688 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,291 |percentage = 10.7 |change = -15.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 226,206 |percentage = 79.6 |change = +12.9 }} {{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]]: Noakhali-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mahbubur Rahman (politician, born 1940)|Mahbubur Rahman]] |votes = 50,378 |percentage = 58.5 |change = +13.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mahmudur Rahman Belayet]] |votes = 27,978 |percentage = 32.5 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Abu Sufian |votes = 6,037 |percentage = 7.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Salah Uddin Kamran]] |votes = 883 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Nurul Amin Bhuyan |votes = 478 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) |candidate = A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque |votes = 241 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = A. Wahab |votes = 145 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,400 |percentage = 26.0 |change = +9.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 86,140 |percentage = 66.7 |change = +4.0 }} {{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]]: Noakhali-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mahbubur Rahman (politician, born 1940)|Mahbubur Rahman]] |votes = 25,570 |percentage = 45.4 |change = +23.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mahmudur Rahman Belayet]] |votes = 16,458 |percentage = 29.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Ullah |votes = 6,038 |percentage = 10.7 |change = -2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Abu Sufian |votes = 5,895 |percentage = 10.5 |change = +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan |votes = 1,539 |percentage = 2.7 |change = -7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Mir Omar Faruk |votes = 335 |percentage = 0.6 |change = -0.4 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) |candidate = A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque |votes = 255 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -17.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Bazlur Rashid Chowdhury |votes = 165 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Mohammad Ali |votes = 66 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,112 |percentage = 16.2 |change = +13.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 56,321 |percentage = 62.7 |change = +24.7 }} {{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]]: Noakhali-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Salah Uddin Kamran]] |votes = 11,378 |percentage = 22.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 10,082 |percentage = 19.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) |candidate = A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque |votes = 8,948 |percentage = 17.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Shamsuddin |votes = 6,803 |percentage = 13.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan |votes = 5,097 |percentage = 10.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Abu Sufian |votes = 4,274 |percentage = 8.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Fakhrul Islam |votes = 3,489 |percentage = 6.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Delwar Hossain |votes = 529 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Harun Rashid |votes = 194 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatia Mukti Dal |candidate = Nur Mohammad Khan |votes = 143 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mahmudur Rahman Belayet]] |votes = 100 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. K. M. Aamin Ullah |votes = 43 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Md. Jahurul Haq |votes = 39 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = T. I. M. Nurunnabi |votes = 38 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = A. B. M. Anwar Hossain |votes = 32 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,296 |percentage = 2.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 51,189 |percentage = 38.0 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}

== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Noakhali-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Noakhali-3&d=chattogram |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}}</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=261&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=271 |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/20081229000950/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=271 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>

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