{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}{{Update|date=April 2026|inaccurate=yes}}{{Infobox constituency | name = Sunamganj-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = সুনামগঞ্জ-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Sunamganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Sylhet Division]] | population = | electorate = 292,471 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | members = [[Mohammad Koysor Ahmed]] | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Sunamganj-2|225 Sunamganj-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Sunamganj-4|227 Sunamganj-4]] →}} }} '''Sunamganj-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 [[Shantiganj Upazila|Shantiganj]] and [[Jagannathpur Upazila|Jagannathpur]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]], [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], and [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]].<ref name="district-stats" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Faruk Rashid Chowdhury]] | [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Abdus Samad Azad]] | [[Awami League]]
|- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | |[[Gulzar Ahmed (Sunamganj politician)|Gulzar Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="feb1996results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Abdus Samad Azad]] | [[Awami League]]
|- |style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Oikya Jote}}" | | 2005 by-election | [[Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury]] | [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[M. A. Mannan (politician, born 1946)|M. A. Mannan]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Mohammad Koysor Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Sunamganj-3<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[M. A. Mannan (politician, born 1946)|M. A. Mannan]] |votes = 54,316 |percentage = 56.9 |change = -12.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ajijus Samad Ajad |votes = 41,123 |percentage = 43.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 13,193 |percentage = 13.8 |change = -26.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 95,439 |percentage = 37.0 |change = -48.2 }} {{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]]: Sunamganj-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[M. A. Mannan (politician, born 1946)|M. A. Mannan]] |votes = 134,559 |percentage = 69.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = [[Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury]] |votes = 56,765 |percentage = 29.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Saydur Rahman Chowdhoury |votes = 788 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Ishaq Amini |votes = 630 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 77,794 |percentage = 40.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 192,742 |percentage = 85.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Islami Oikya Jote }} {{Election box end}}
Abdus Samad Azad died in April 2005.<ref name="ds20Jul2005" /> [[Islami Oikya Jote]] leader [[Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury]] was elected in a July 2005 by-election. He defeated Awami League candidate M. A. Mannan, Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Syed Ali Ahmed, independent candidate M. Nazrul Islam, and five other lower-polling contenders.<ref name="ds20Jul2005" /><ref name="bdn20Jul2005" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Sunamganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Samad Azad]] |votes = 69,421 |percentage = 45.8 |change = +6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury]] |votes = 63,475 |percentage = 41.9 |change = +25.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Abu Khaled Chowdhury |votes = 17,738 |percentage = 11.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Md. Abu Hossain |votes = 345 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Tahur Uddin |votes = 307 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = M. A. Malek Khan |votes = 142 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) |candidate = Md. Ataur Rahman |votes = 105 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.1 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,946 |percentage = 18.1 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 151,533 |percentage = 71.9 |change = +3.7 }} {{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]]: Sunamganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Samad Azad]] |votes = 42,851 |percentage = 39.7 |change = -4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Faruk Rashid Chowdhury]] |votes = 32,328 |percentage = 29.9 |change = +2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Dewan Joinul Jakerin |votes = 17,451 |percentage = 16.2 |change = +4.3 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh |candidate = [[Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury]] |votes = 8,851 |percentage = 8.2 |change = -7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Syed Saleh Ahmed |votes = 3,107 |percentage = 2.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Badiuzzaman |votes = 1,465 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Abdul Motalib Chowdhury |votes = 1,269 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) |candidate = Sujat Ahmed Chowdhury |votes = 243 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kazi Abdul Karim |votes = 230 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Abdul Hannan |votes = 212 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,523 |percentage = 9.7 |change = -6.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 108,007 |percentage = 68.2 |change = +25.2 }} {{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]]: Sunamganj-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Samad Azad]] |votes = 37,701 |percentage = 43.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Faruk Rashid Chowdhury]] |votes = 23,723 |percentage = 27.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh |candidate = Syed Shamsul Islam |votes = 13,358 |percentage = 15.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Anisul Bari Chowdhury |votes = 10,285 |percentage = 11.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Dewan Eskandar Reza Chowdhury |votes = 609 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Ganatantri Party |candidate = Gulzar Ahmmed |votes = 237 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Waraidullah |votes = 208 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 13,978 |percentage = 16.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 86,121 |percentage = 43.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Communist Party of Bangladesh }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Sunamganj-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Sunamganj-3&d=sylhet |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/Sylhet.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Sylhet |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="feb1996results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 6th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Sunamganj-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=226 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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="ds20Jul2005">{{cite news |title=Sunamganj-3 by-polls today |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/07/20/d50720011715.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=20 July 2005 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> <ref name="bdn20Jul2005">{{cite news |title=Alliance candidate wins Sunamganj bypolls |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2005/07/20/alliance-candidate-wins-sunamganj-bypolls |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=20 July 2005 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=225 |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/20081228235309/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=225 |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref> </references>
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