{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Shariatpur-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = শরীয়তপুর-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Shariatpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 255,295 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | members = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = Faridpur-16 | module = {{align|left|← [[Shariatpur-2|222 Shariatpur 2]]}}{{align|right|[[Sunamganj-1|224 Sunamganj-1]] →}} }} '''Shariatpur-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 [[Damudya Upazila|Damudya]] and [[Gosairhat Upazila|Gosairhat]] upazilas and the Bhedarganj Thana portion of [[Bhedarganj Upazila]], all in [[Shariatpur District]]. Bhedarganj Thana consists of Bhedarganj Municipality and Chhaygaon, Mahisar, Naryanpur, and Rambhadrapur [[Union Parishad]]s.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-16 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: [[Rajbari District|Rajbari]], [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)|Gopalganj]], [[Madaripur District|Madaripur]], and [[Shariatpur District|Shariatpur]].<ref name="faridpur" />
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|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Faruque Alam]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[M. A. Reza]] | <ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] | [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] |[[Safiqur Rahman Kiran]] | |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |[[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2012 by-election | [[Nahim Razzaq]] | [[Awami League]] |- |Style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Nahim Razzaq was re-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" />
Abdur Razzaq died in December 2011. Nahim Razzaq, his son, was elected unopposed in February 2012 after the Election Commission disqualified the only other candidate in the by-election scheduled for March 2012.<ref name="bdn27Feb2012" /><ref name="ds1Mar2012" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Shariatpur-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |votes = 102,925 |percentage = 64.9 |change = +8.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga]] |votes = 52,672 |percentage = 33.2 |change = -9.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Mohammad Manik Mia |votes = 2,884 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 50,253 |percentage = 31.7 |change = +18.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 158,481 |percentage = 87.4 |change = +14.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Shariatpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |votes = 125,550 |percentage = 56.3 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Shafiqur Rahman Kiron |votes = 95,961 |percentage = 43.0 |change = -1.9 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = A. Sattar |votes = 1,175 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shahidul Haq Shikder Litu |votes = 244 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 29,589 |percentage = 13.3 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 222,930 |percentage = 72.7 |change = -5.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Shariatpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |votes = 82,543 |percentage = 47.9 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Shafiqur Rahman Kiron |votes = 77,339 |percentage = 44.9 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Mostofa Sawar |votes = 6,005 |percentage = 3.5 |change = -5.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdus Salam |votes = 3,052 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. A. Matin Mian |votes = 1,650 |percentage = 1.0 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Latif |votes = 793 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Democratic Republican Party |candidate = Kanchan Kumar Dey |votes = 550 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Moslem Khan |votes = 500 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,204 |percentage = 3.0 |change = -0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 172,432 |percentage = 77.8 |change = +24.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Shariatpur-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = [[Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)|Abdur Razzaq]] |votes = 65,455 |percentage = 46.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = S. M. Lutfor Rahman Sarkar |votes = 60,128 |percentage = 42.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Ali Hussein Madbor |votes = 13,049 |percentage = 9.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Gias Uddin Molla |votes = 1,564 |percentage = 1.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Obaedul Haq |votes = 1,072 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) |candidate = Yasin Sarkar |votes = 649 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Abidur Reza Khan]] |votes = 380 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,327 |percentage = 3.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 142,297 |percentage = 53.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Shariatpur-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Shariatpur-3&d=dhaka |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}}</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="faridpur">{{cite web |url=http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |script-title=bn:জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি |trans-title=Background of District Administration |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |language=bn |website=Faridpur District |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=3 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603191102/http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |url-status=dead }}</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="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="bdn27Feb2012">{{cite news |title=Nahim Razzaq elected Shariatpur-3 MP |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2012/02/27/nahim-razzaq-elected-shariatpur-3-mp |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=27 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="ds1Mar2012">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 March 2012 |title=Nahim sworn in as MP |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_01-03-2012_Nahim-sworn-in-as-MP_71_1_9_1_4.html |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814033126/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_01-03-2012_Nahim-sworn-in-as-MP_71_1_9_1_4.html |archive-date=14 August 2014 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=221&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=222 |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=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000009/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=222 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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