Bhola-3
Bhola-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
Electorate 385,597 (2026)
Current constituency
Created 1984
← 116 Bhola-2 118 Bhola-4 →
Bhola-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Lalmohan and Tazumuddin upazilas.
History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola , Bakerganj , Jhalokati , and Pirojpur .
Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s General Election 2018: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Nurunnabi Chowdhury 105,317 70.2 −24.8 BNP Hafizuddin Ahmed 44,568 28.8 −2.4 Majority 105,257 70.2 −24.8 Turnout 149,885 69.7 −1.3
General Election 2014: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Nurunnabi Chowdhury 171,658 95.0 +26.2 JP(E) AKM Nazrul Islam Mia 9,076 5.0 N/A Majority 162,582 90.0 +52.5 Turnout 180,734 71.0 +3.9 AL hold
In October 2009, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Major (retired) Jashim Uddin's 2008 candidacy was illegal because he failed to wait the statutory five years after compulsory retirement from government service before running for parliament. The Election Commission vacated the seat on February 3, 2010. Nurunnabi Chowdhury was elected in the resulting April 2010 by-election.
Bhola-3 by-election, April 2010 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Nurunnabi Chowdhury 93,873 68.8 +16.0 BNP Hafizuddin Ahmed 42,658 31.2 −14.5 Majority 51,215 37.5 +30.4 Turnout 136,531 67.1 −17.6 AL hold
Elections in the 2000s General Election 2008: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL Jashim Uddin 96,034 52.8 +19.1 BNP Hafizuddin Ahmed 83,123 45.7 −20.1 IAB Md. Nurul Islam 1,639 0.9 N/A Independent Siddikur Rahman Manna 1,207 0.7 N/A Majority 12,911 7.1 −25.0 Turnout 182,003 84.7 −25.6 AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Hafizuddin Ahmed 98,659 65.8 +6.8 AL Tofail Ahmed 50,588 33.7 −2.9 IJOF AKM Nazrul Islam Mia 523 0.3 N/A Jatiya Party (M) Abdus Sattar 178 0.1 N/A Majority 48,071 32.1 +9.8 Turnout 149,948 59.1 −11.7 BNP hold
Elections in the 1990s General Election June 1996: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% BNP Hafizuddin Ahmed 70,843 59.0 +56.6 AL AKM Nazrul Islam 44,007 36.6 +4.3 Jamaat A. Shehabuddin 2,743 2.3 N/A IOJ Md. Nurul Islam 1,254 1.0 N/A JP(E) A. Sattar Alamgir 835 0.7 N/A Gano Forum Md. Feroj Kibria Kishore 438 0.4 N/A Majority 26,836 22.3 +9.6 Turnout 120,120 70.8 +29.1 BNP gain from Independent
General Election 1991: Bhola-3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Hafizuddin Ahmed 36,925 44.9 AL M. A. Kashem 26,515 32.3 Independent AKM Nazrul Islam 15,071 18.3 BNP Mozzamel Haque 1,961 2.4 Independent Nazimuddin Alam 524 0.6 Zaker Party Md. Rafiqul Islam 524 0.6 Independent Md. Shafi Ullah 406 0.5 BAKSAL Nurul Islam 290 0.4 Majority 10,410 12.7 Turnout 82,216 41.7 Independent gain from JP(E)
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