{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Sirajganj-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = সিরাজগঞ্জ-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Sirajganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 367,549 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Sirajganj-2|63 Sirajganj-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Sirajganj-4|65 Sirajganj-4]] →}} }} '''Sirajganj-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 [[Raiganj Upazila|Raiganj]] and [[Tarash Upazila|Tarash]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts: [[Sirajganj District|Sirajganj]] and [[Pabna District|Pabna]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Ishaque Hossain Talukder]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Ataur Rahman (politician, born 1951)|Ataur Rahman]] | Combined Opposition Party<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abdul Mannan Talukder]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party }}"| | [[1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Abdul Mannan Talukder]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Abdul Mannan Talukder]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Ishaque Hossain Talukder]] | rowspan="3" | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2014 by-election | [[Gazi MM Amjad Hossain]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Abdul Aziz (Sirajganj politician)|Abdul Aziz]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[VP Aynul Haque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Ishaque Hossain Talukder died in October 2014. Gazi MM Amjad Hossain of the Awami League was elected unopposed in December after the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] disqualified the only other candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.<ref name="ds1Dec2014" />
Ishaque Hossain Talukder 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" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Sirajganj-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ishaque Hossain Talukder]] |votes = 164,752 |percentage = 59.5 |change = +16.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Mannan Talukder]] |votes = 109,525 |percentage = 39.5 |change = -16.6 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Asaduzzaman |votes = 1,955 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Mustofa M. Kamal |votes = 777 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 55,227 |percentage = 19.9 |change = +13.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 277,009 |percentage = 92.8 |change = +8.4 }} {{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]]: Sirajganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Mannan Talukder]] |votes = 127,780 |percentage = 56.1 |change = +11.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammed Nasim (politician)|Mohammed Nasim]] |votes = 97,609 |percentage = 42.8 |change = +0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Sarder A. Jalil |votes = 1,837 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ismail Hossain |votes = 589 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Muhammad Salim |votes = 127 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 30,171 |percentage = 6.0 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 227,942 |percentage = 84.4 |change = +5.4 }} {{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]]: Sirajganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Mannan Talukdar]] |votes = 74,192 |percentage = 44.5 |change = +6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ishaque Hossain Talukdar]] |votes = 70,975 |percentage = 42.5 |change = +8.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. B. M. Abdus Sattar |votes = 17,845 |percentage = 10.7 |change = -10.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Sarder A. Zabbar |votes = 2,357 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Mufti Khalilur Rahman |votes = 1,510 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,217 |percentage = 1.9 |change = -1.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 166,879 |percentage = 79.0 |change = +20.3 }} {{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]]: Sirajganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Abdul Mannan Talukdar]] |votes = 46,101 |percentage = 38.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Ishaque Hossain Talukdar]] |votes = 41,692 |percentage = 34.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Matar Rahman Kha |votes = 25,234 |percentage = 20.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = [[Ataur Rahman (politician, born 1951)|Ataur Rahman]] |votes = 5,281 |percentage = 4.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kazi Shariful Alam |votes = 2,369 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Ohidul Alam |votes = 205 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,409 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 120,882 |percentage = 58.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Sirajganj-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Sirajganj-3&d=rajshahi |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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Pabna.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Pabna |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</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="ds1Dec2014">{{cite news |title=Gazi Amzad elected unopposed |url=http://103.16.74.140/gazi-amzad-elected-unopposed-52812 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=1 December 2014 |access-date=23 June 2018}}</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}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=61&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=63 |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/20081229000854/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=63 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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