{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Update|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Pirojpur-3 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = পিরোজপুর-৩.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Pirojpur District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Barisal Division]] |population = |electorate = 189,862 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = |members = |party_label = |party = |next = |previous = |module = {{align|left|← [[Pirojpur-2|128 Pirojpur-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Tangail-1|130 Tangail-1]] →}} }} '''Pirojpur-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Mathbaria Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former [[Backergunge District|Bakerganj District]] was split into four districts: [[Bhola District|Bhola]], [[Barisal District|Bakerganj]], [[Jhalokati District|Jhalokati]], and [[Pirojpur District|Pirojpur]].
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" />
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one [[union parishad]] of [[Bhandaria Upazila]]: Telikhali.<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Anwar Hossain Manju]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[M. A. Jabbar]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician, born 1925)|Mohiuddin Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|BaKSAL]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[M. A. Jabbar]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | rowspan="2" | [[Rustum Ali Faraji]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Anwar Hossain (physician)|Anwar Hossain]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="2" | [[Rustum Ali Faraji]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Shamim Shahnawaz]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election| 2026]] | [[Ruhul Amin Dulal]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Pirojpur-3<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Rustum Ali Faraji]] |votes = 29,342 |percentage = 53.4 |change = +29.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Anwar Hossain (physician)|Anwar Hossain]] |votes = 25,409 |percentage = 46.2 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Rama Rani |votes = 234 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,933 |percentage = 7.2 |change = -12.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 54,985 |percentage = 32.5 |change = -52.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Pirojpur-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Anwar Hossain (physician)|Anwar Hossain]] |votes = 59,420 |percentage = 43.6 |change = +17.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Rustum Ali Faraji]] |votes = 33,008 |percentage = 24.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Shahajahan Meah |votes = 31,602 |percentage = 23.2 |change = -34.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Shafi Mahamud Talukder |votes = 12,237 |percentage = 9.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,412 |percentage = 19.4 |change = -12.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 136,267 |percentage = 85.0 |change = +14.7 }} {{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]]: Pirojpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Rustom Ali Faraji]] |votes = 64,958 |percentage = 58.1 |change = +32.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Mahamuda Shawgat |votes = 29,756 |percentage = 26.6 |change = -3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = [[Anwar Hossain Manju]] |votes = 11,565 |percentage = 10.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Shafi Mahamud Talukder |votes = 5,051 |percentage = 4.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sudhir Ranjan Biswas |votes = 227 |percentage = 0.2 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Bimolendu Halder |votes = 102 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Abdul Latif Siraji |votes = 88 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 35,202 |percentage = 31.5 |change = +24.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 111,747 |percentage = 70.3 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Pirojpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Rustum Ali Faraji]] |votes = 29,837 |percentage = 37.3 |change = +3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician, born 1925)|Mohiuddin Ahmed]] |votes = 24,263 |percentage = 30.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[M. A. Jabbar]] |votes = 20,326 |percentage = 25.4 |change = +12.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Nur Mohammed Akon |votes = 4,915 |percentage = 6.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdullah Mmin Faridi |votes = 350 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = Md. Zaharul Haque |votes = 227 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Sudhir Ranjan Biswas |votes = 50 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,574 |percentage = 7.0 |change = +4.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 79,968 |percentage = 69.8 |change = +21.9 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Pirojpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = [[Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician, born 1925)|Mohiuddin Ahmed]] |votes = 26,813 |percentage = 36.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[M. A. Jabbar]] |votes = 24,844 |percentage = 33.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nur Mohammed Akon |votes = 10,958 |percentage = 14.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Krishibid M A Samad |votes = 9,214 |percentage = 12.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Abul Bashar |votes = 1,014 |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Anwar Hossain Farazi |votes = 876 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. Salam |votes = 130 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Afzal Hossain |votes = 68 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,969 |percentage = 2.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 73,917 |percentage = 47.9 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Pirojpur-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Pirojpur-3&d=barishal |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="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</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=Pirojpur-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=129 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163208/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=129 |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=163 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Pirojpur-3 |website=AmarMP |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=121&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=131 |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/20081228235854/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=131 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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