Bagerhat-3

Bagerhat-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current Member of Parliament in this constituency is Shaikh Faridul Islam of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mongla and Rampal upazilas, as well as the Port of Mongla, integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Khulna constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

Members of Parliament

Member	Party
1986	Aftab Uddin Howlader	Jatiya Party
1991	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Awami League
Feb 1996	AU Ahmed	BNP
Jun 1996	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Awami League
2008	Habibun Nahar
2014	Talukder Abdul Khaleque
2018 by-election	Habibun Nahar

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

To run for mayor of Khulna, Talukder Abdul Khaleque resigned from parliament on 10 April 2018. Habibun Nahar, his wife, was elected unopposed on 4 June, as she was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.

Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Bagerhat-3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Habibun Nahar	97,015	58.2	+7.3
	Jamaat	Mohammad Abdul Owadud Shaikh	66,177	39.7	N/A
	IAB	Md. Muzzammil Haque	3,174	1.9	N/A
	Gano Front	Md. Sekender Ali Moni	274	0.2	N/A
Majority	30,838	18.5	+13.6
Turnout	166,640	89.3	+8.8
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Bagerhat-3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	76,779	50.9	+6.8
	Jamaat	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	69,310	45.9	+17.0
	Jatiya Party (M)	M. A. Khaleq Hawlader	3,052	2.0	N/A
	IJOF	A. T. M. Hemayet Uddin	1,803	1.2	N/A
Majority	7,469	4.9	−10.3
Turnout	150,944	80.5	+3.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	52,445	44.1	−2.4
	Jamaat	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	34,321	28.9	−3.6
	BNP	A. U. Ahmed	21,550	18.1	+0.1
	JP(E)	Khan Amzad Ali	4,809	4.0	+1.4
	IOJ	Md. Mozammel Haque	4,726	4.0	N/A
	WPB	Mohiuddin Sheikh	450	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Yunus Ali Mollik	385	0.3	−0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	S. M. Islam	154	0.1	N/A
	NDP	Daniel Biswash	48	0.0	N/A
Majority	18,124	15.2	+1.2
Turnout	118,888	76.8	+20.2
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Bagerhat-3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	46,126	46.5
	Jamaat	Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui	32,205	32.5
	BNP	A S M Mustafizur Rahman	17,812	18.0
	JP(E)	Sheik Abdus Sabur	2,593	2.6
	Zaker Party	Syed Akramul Haq	487	0.5
Majority	13,921	14.0
Turnout	99,223	56.6
	AL gain from JP(E)

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