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Pabna-3

Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mokbul Hossain of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bhangura, Chatmohar, and Faridpur upazilas.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1973 Raushanul Haque Moti Mia Awami League
1979 Jamshed Ali Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Wazi Uddin Khan Awami League
1988 AKM Shamsuddin Jatiya Party
1991 Saiful Azam Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Wazi Uddin Khan Awami League
2001 K. M. Anowarul Islam Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Mokbul Hossain Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Pabna-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mokbul Hossain 100,496 87.4 +27.0
Independent Abul Kalam Azad 12,673 11.0 N/A
Ganatantri Party Md. Khairul Alam 1,819 1.6 N/A
Majority 87,823 76.4 +54.9
Turnout 114,988 31.9 -59.3
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Pabna-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mokbul Hossain 178,975 60.4 +13.0
BNP Saiful Azam 115,190 38.9 -13.0
Zaker Party Asaduzzaman 1,580 0.5 N/A
Ganatantri Party Md. Khairul Alam 343 0.1 N/A
BJP Mir Nadim Mohammad Dablu 154 0.1 N/A
Majority 63,784 21.5 +17.0
Turnout 296,241 91.2 +7.0
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Pabna-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP K. M. Anwarul Islam 131,294 51.9 +13.5
AL Mokbul Hossain 119,794 47.4 +1.3
IJOF Abdus Sattar 1,727 0.7 N/A
Majority 11,500 4.5 -3.1
Turnout 252,815 84.2 +0.5
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Pabna-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Waziuddin Khan 85,644 46.1 +7.7
BNP K. M. Anwarul Islam 71,435 38.4 -16.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Afzal Hossain 14,936 8.0 N/A
JP(E) Sayed Md. Abdur Rahim 10,752 5.8 +4.1
WPB Md. K.M. Ataur Rahman 1,469 0.8 N/A
Zaker Party Asaduzzaman 973 0.5 -1.4
Gano Forum Abdus Sattar 665 0.4 N/A
Majority 14,209 7.6 -8.5
Turnout 185,874 83.7 +15.2
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Pabna-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Saiful Azam 91,540 54.5
AL Md. Waziuddin Khan 64,523 38.4
IOJ Md. Korban Ali 5,060 3.0
Zaker Party Asaduzzaman 3,185 1.9
JP(E) AKM Shamsuddin 2,933 1.7
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Shahidullah 361 0.2
NAP (Muzaffar) Md. Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq 195 0.1
BAKSAL Md. Shah Alam 146 0.1
Majority 27,017 16.1
Turnout 167,943 68.5
BNP gain from JP(E)