{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Thakurgaon-3 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ঠাকুরগাঁও-৩.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Thakurgaon District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 364,129 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Jahidur Rahman]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Thakurgaon-2|4 Thakurgaon-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Dinajpur-1|6 Dinajpur-1]] →}} }} '''Thakurgaon-3''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. The current [[Member of Parliament]] in this constituency is [[Jahidur Rahman]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Pirganj Upazila, Thakurgaon|Pirganj Upazila]], Ranisankail Municipality, and six [[Union Parishad|union parishads]] of [[Ranisankail Upazila]]: Bachor, Hossain Gaon, Lehemba, Nonduar, Nekmarad, and Raton.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dinajpur-5 constituency when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: [[Panchagarh District|Panchagarh]], [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]], and [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]].<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]] | [[Muhammad Shahidullah (politician)|Muhammad Shahidullah]] | [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Md. Mokhlesur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Abdul Malek (Thakurgaon politician)|Abdul Malek]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=List of 6th Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |website=[[Bangladesh Parliament]] |language=bn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Emdadul Haque]] |[[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Jatiya Oikya Front}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | rowspan="2" | [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Islami Jatiya Oikya Front]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Workers Party of Bangladesh}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Yeasin Ali]] | [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Jahidur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[2023 Bangladesh parliamentary by-elections|2023 by-election]] |[[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Jahidur Rahman]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref>{{cite web |title=ঠাকুরগাঁও-৩ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/5 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Jahidur Rahman]] |votes=132,797 |percentage=59.09 |change=+37.59 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md. Mizanur Rahman |votes=91,934 |percentage=40.91 |change=+34.61 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=[[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes=27,133 |percentage= 12.07 |change= }} {{Election box majority | votes = 40,863 | percentage = 18.18 | change = −34.32 }} {{Election box turnout | votes = 224,731 | percentage = 61.72 | change = −29.68 }} {{Election box Registered electors | reg. electors = 364,129 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing | winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Yeasin Ali]] |votes = 62,118 |percentage = 62.2 |change = +60.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 37,673 |percentage = 37.8 |change = -36.2 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,445 |percentage = 24.5 |change = -28.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 99,791 |percentage = 37.7 |change = -53.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Workers Party of Bangladesh |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 160,107 |percentage = 74.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Jahidur Rahman]] |votes = 46,545 |percentage = 21.5 |change = +16.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Monsurul Alam |votes = 4,438 |percentage = 2.1 |change = +1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Shahidullah Sahid |votes = 4,060 |percentage = 1.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Abul Hasan Kasemi |votes = 745 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh |candidate = Mirza Md. Habibullah Chowdhury |votes = 380 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 113,562 |percentage = 52.5 |change = +46.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 216,275 |percentage = 91.4 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 89,468 |percentage = 50.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque]] |votes = 78,998 |percentage = 44.3 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Jahidur Rahman]] |votes = 8,359 |percentage = 4.7 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Monsurul Alam |votes = 1,656 |percentage = 0.9 |change = -0.2 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,470 |percentage = 5.9 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 178,481 |percentage = 87.4 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Emdadul Haque]] |votes = 55,953 |percentage = 43.8 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Md. Ikramul Hauqe |votes = 52,342 |percentage = 41.0 |change = +8.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Malek |votes = 9,060 |percentage = 7.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Mizanur Rahman |votes = 8,081 |percentage = 6.3 |change = -8.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Monsurul Rahman |votes = 1,439 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Nazimuddin Ahmed |votes = 415 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -8.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Jafar Ahmed |votes = 333 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,611 |percentage = 2.8 |change = -7.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 127,623 |percentage = 77.4 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Thakurgaon-3<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Mokhlesur Rahman]] |votes = 50,221 |percentage = 42.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Hafiz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 38,538 |percentage = 32.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Mizanur Rahman |votes = 17,841 |percentage = 15.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Muzaffar) |candidate = A. Malek |votes = 6,461 |percentage = 5.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Zahedur Ruman |votes = 5,107 |percentage = 4.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdur Rahman |votes = 424 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Communist League of Bangladesh |candidate = Shahidullah Shahid |votes = 335 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,683 |percentage = 9.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 118,927 |percentage = 69.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Thakurgaon-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Thakurgaon-3&d=rangpur |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/Dinajpur.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140911/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dinajpur.pdf |url-status=dead }}</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=Thakurgaon-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=5 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081147/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=001&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=5 |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/20081222053944/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=5 |archive-date=22 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> </references>
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