Cox's Bazar-3
Cox's Bazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Cox's Bazar Sadar, Ramu and Eidgaon upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Chittagong-17 constituency when the former Chittagong District was split into two districts: Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. The boundaries remained the same.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Shaimum Sarwar Kamal was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Lutfur Rahman Kajal | 126,478 | 45.6 | −46.3 | |
| AL | Shaimum Sarwar Kamal | 86,536 | 31.2 | +24.5 | |
| Independent | Mohammad Sahiduzzaman | 63,068 | 22.8 | N/A | |
| Gano Forum | Saiful Islam Chowdhury | 578 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| FP | Syed Ullaya Azad | 247 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | RAM Ismail Faruk | 185 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 39,942 | 14.4 | −70.8 | ||
| Turnout | 277,092 | 94.4 | +51.8 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
The BNP candidate died days before the 1 October 2001 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 1 November. Mohammad Sahiduzzaman, the deceased's younger brother, ran in his place.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mohammad Sahiduzzaman | 113,895 | 91.9 | +48.6 | |
| AL | Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury | 8,312 | 6.7 | −19.3 | |
| Independent | Lutfur Rahman Kajal | 746 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| BKSMA (Sadeq) | Krishak Md. Sadeq | 539 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Manobatabadi Dal (Bamad) | Md. Omar Faruk | 237 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ameer Mohammad Bachchu | 190 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 105,583 | 85.2 | +67.8 | ||
| Turnout | 123,919 | 42.6 | −32.2 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Mohammad Khalequzzaman | 69,119 | 43.3 | +14.0 | ||
| AL | Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury | 41,405 | 26.0 | −4.2 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Salamat Ullah | 30,901 | 19.4 | −8.9 | ||
| JP(E) | Nurul Abdar | 13,124 | 8.2 | +7.5 | ||
| IOJ | Mohammad Muslem | 4,509 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Didarul Alam Chowdhury | 393 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 27,714 | 17.4 | +16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 159,451 | 74.8 | +21.8 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury | 32,106 | 30.2 | |||
| BNP | Mohammad Khalequzzaman | 31,109 | 29.3 | |||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Salamat Ullah | 30,141 | 28.3 | |||
| NDP | Shahjahan Chowdhury | 9,913 | 9.3 | |||
| BAKSAL | Nurul Islam | 1,686 | 1.6 | |||
| JP(E) | Khorshed Ara Haque | 776 | 0.7 | |||
| Independent | Hafez Ahmad | 222 | 0.2 | |||
| Independent | Nurul Haque | 210 | 0.2 | |||
| Independent | Munirul Alam Chowdhury | 159 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 997 | 0.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 106,322 | 53.0 | ||||
| AL gain from JP(E) | ||||||
References
- ^ "Cox's Bazar-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladeshi Four-Party Alliance Wins 11 More Seats in Re-polling". Xinhua News Agency. 9 October 2001.
Election to the Cox's Bazar-3 constituency, suspended due to the death of a candidate two days before the October 1 general election, has been rescheduled for November 1.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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