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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Rajshahi-3 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Rajshahi District Division Rajshahi Division Electorate 423,738 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party Member of Parliament Shofiqul Haque Milon ← 53 Rajshahi-2 55 Rajshahi-4 →

**Rajshahi-3** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Mohanpur](/source/Mohanpur_Upazila) and [Paba](/source/Paba_Upazila) upazilas, integrating the remaining areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the [2008 general election](/source/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [2001 Bangladesh census](/source/2001_Bangladesh_census).[3] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4][5]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 A. A. M. Mesbahul Haq Bangladesh Awami League[6] 1979 Ehsan Ali Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7] Major Boundary Changes 1986 Sardar Amjad Hossain Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League[8] 1988 Jatiya Party (Ershad)[9] Feb 1996 Muhammad Abdul Gafur Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jun 1996 Abu Hena 2008 Meraj Uddin Mollah Bangladesh Awami League 2014 Ayeen Uddin 2024 Asaduzzaman Asad 2026 Shofiqul Haque Milon Bangladesh Nationalist Party

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Rajshahi-3[10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Shofiqul Haque Milon 176,318 54.2 +19.4 Jamaat Md. Abul Kalam Azad 137,927 42.4 +30.3 Majority 38,391 11.8 −56.0 Turnout 325,106 76.7 +51.1 Registered electors 423,738 BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Rajshahi-3[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Ayeen Uddin 67,879 82.8 +29.9 Independent Meraj Uddin Mollah 12,343 15.1 N/A JP(E) Md. Shahabuddin 1,744 2.1 N/A Majority 55,536 67.8 +49.7 Turnout 81,966 25.6 −67.3 AL hold

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rajshahi-3[12][13][14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Meraj Uddin Mollah 142,487 52.9 +21.9 BNP Kabir Hossain 93,649 34.8 −11.0 Jamaat Ataur Rahman 32,527 12.1 N/A PDP Md. Abdul Hay 500 0.2 N/A Majority 48,838 18.1 +3.3 Turnout 269,163 92.9 +6.5 AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-3[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Abu Hena 113,255 45.8 +11.6 AL Jinatun Nesa Talukder 76,717 31.0 +3.7 IJOF Sarder Amjad Hossain 56,652 22.9 N/A Independent Md. Altafur Rahman 782 0.3 N/A Majority 36,538 14.8 +7.9 Turnout 247,406 86.4 +2.6 BNP hold

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-3[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Abu Hena 67,863 34.2 +26.3 AL Md. Ibrahim Hossain 54,121 27.3 +2.9 JP(E) Sardar Amjad Hossain 41,836 21.1 −10.7 Jamaat Md. Abdul Ahad Kabiraj 33,824 17.1 −9.1 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Abu Zahid Mostaq Hossain 497 0.3 N/A Majority 13,742 6.9 +1.3 Turnout 198,141 83.8 +15.0 BNP gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-3[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Sardar Amjad Hossain 49,136 31.8 Jamaat Md. Abu Ahad Kabiraj 40,436 26.2 AL Shree Rakhal Chandra Das 37,626 24.4 CPB Md. Ibrahim Hossain 14,891 9.6 BNP Md. Enamul Haq 12,157 7.9 Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Nurul Alam 134 0.1 Majority 8,700 5.6 Turnout 154,380 68.8 JP(E) hold

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-maps_1-0)** ["Constituency Maps of Bangladesh"](http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission*. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ecs_2-0)** ["Delimitation of Constituencies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF) (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rahman2010_3-0)** Rahman, Syedur (2010). [*Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105). Scarecrow Press. p. 105. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-7453-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7453-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds11Jul2008_4-0)** Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). ["Final list of redrawn JS seats published"](http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202). *The Daily Star*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds17Nov2008_5-0)** ["AL hopeful of bagging most JS seats in Rajshahi"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63670). *The Daily Star*. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1973results_6-0)** ["List of 1st Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1979results_7-0)** ["List of 2nd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1986results_8-0)** ["List of 3rd Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1988results_9-0)** ["List of 4th Parliament Members"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf) (PDF). *Bangladesh Parliament* (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["VoteDB candidates"](https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67bc24f34914b4e55e3a). *VoteBD*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014results_11-0)** ["Rajshahi-3"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185352/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=54). *Bangladesh Election Result 2014*. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from [the original](http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=54) on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ec9th_12-0)** [পরিসংখ্যান প্রতিবেদন ৯ম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/36Sa01LjyXk71kuGw5U1oK5zGEvYq8LxRx5sm0MG.pdf) [Statistics Report 9th Parliament Election] (PDF). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). pp. 20, 182.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008results_13-0)** ["Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"](http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=51&Year=2008). *Amar Desh*. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2008nomination_14-0)** ["Nomination submission List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1). *Bangladesh Election Commission* (in Bengali). Archived from [the original](http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-votemonitor_15-2) ["Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=54). *Vote Monitor Networks*. Archived from [the original](http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=54) on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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