{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rajshahi-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রাজশাহী-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rajshahi District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 423,738 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Shofiqul Haque Milon ]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rajshahi-2|53 Rajshahi-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajshahi-4|55 Rajshahi-4]] →}} }} '''Rajshahi-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Mohanpur Upazila|Mohanpur]] and [[Paba Upazila|Paba]] upazilas, integrating the remaining areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<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" /><ref name="ds17Nov2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Ehsan Ali Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | rowspan="2" | [[Sardar Amjad Hossain]] | [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Muhammad Abdul Gafur]] | rowspan="2" |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Abu Hena (Bangladeshi politician)|Abu Hena]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Meraj Uddin Mollah]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Ayeen Uddin]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Asaduzzaman Asad]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Shofiqul Haque Milon]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rajshahi-3<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bc24f34914b4e55e3a|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Shofiqul Haque Milon]] |votes=176,318 |percentage=54.2 |change=+19.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Abul Kalam Azad |votes=137,927 |percentage=42.4 |change=+30.3 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 38,391 |percentage = 11.8 |change = -56.0 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 325,106 |percentage = 76.7 |change = +51.1 }} {{Election box Registered electors |reg. electors = 423,738 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Rajshahi-3<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ayeen Uddin]] |votes = 67,879 |percentage = 82.8 |change = +29.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Meraj Uddin Mollah]] |votes = 12,343 |percentage = 15.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Shahabuddin |votes = 1,744 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 55,536 |percentage = 67.8 |change = +49.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 81,966 |percentage = 25.6 |change = -67.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Rajshahi-3<ref name="ec9th" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Meraj Uddin Mollah]] |votes = 142,487 |percentage = 52.9 |change = +21.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Kabir Hossain]] |votes = 93,649 |percentage = 34.8 |change = -11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ataur Rahman |votes = 32,527 |percentage = 12.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Progressive Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Md. Abdul Hay |votes = 500 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 48,838 |percentage = 18.1 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 269,163 |percentage = 92.9 |change = +6.5 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abu Hena (Bangladeshi politician)|Abu Hena]] |votes = 113,255 |percentage = 45.8 |change = +11.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jinatun Nesa Talukder |votes = 76,717 |percentage = 31.0 |change = +3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Sarder Amjad Hossain]] |votes = 56,652 |percentage = 22.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Altafur Rahman |votes = 782 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 36,538 |percentage = 14.8 |change = +7.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 247,406 |percentage = 86.4 |change = +2.6 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abu Hena (Bangladeshi politician)|Abu Hena]] |votes = 67,863 |percentage = 34.2 |change = +26.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Ibrahim Hossain |votes = 54,121 |percentage = 27.3 |change = +2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Sardar Amjad Hossain]] |votes = 41,836 |percentage = 21.1 |change = -10.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdul Ahad Kabiraj |votes = 33,824 |percentage = 17.1 |change = -9.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Abu Zahid Mostaq Hossain |votes = 497 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 13,742 |percentage = 6.9 |change = +1.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 198,141 |percentage = 83.8 |change = +15.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Rajshahi-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Sardar Amjad Hossain]] |votes = 49,136 |percentage = 31.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abu Ahad Kabiraj |votes = 40,436 |percentage = 26.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Shree Rakhal Chandra Das |votes = 37,626 |percentage = 24.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ibrahim Hossain |votes = 14,891 |percentage = 9.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Enamul Haq |votes = 12,157 |percentage = 7.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Nurul Alam |votes = 134 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,700 |percentage = 5.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 154,380 |percentage = 68.8 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <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}}</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="ds17Nov2008">{{cite news |title=AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63670 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=26 April 2018}}</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 |title=Rajshahi-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=54 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=10 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185352/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=54 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ec9th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/36Sa01LjyXk71kuGw5U1oK5zGEvYq8LxRx5sm0MG.pdf |script-title=bn:পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন |trans-title=Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |pages=20, 182}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=51&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=54 |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/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=54 |archive-date=29 December 2008}}</ref> </references>
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