Chittagong-3

Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is Vacant.

Chittagong-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chittagong District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	202,635 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	Vacant
Member of Parliament	Vacant
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sandwip Upazila.^[2]

History

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Previously Chittagong-3 encompassed Sitakunda Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards 9 and 10.^[2][3]

Members of Parliament

Key

  AL   BNP   Gano Front

Election		Member	Party
	1973	M. Obaidul Huq	Bangladesh Awami League[4]
	1979	AKM Rafiq Ullah Choudhury	Gano Front[5]
	1986	AKM Shamsul Huda	Bangladesh Awami League[6][7]
	1991	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman
	February 1996	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh Awami League
	2001	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	ABM Abul Kashem	Bangladesh Awami League
	2014	Mahfuzur Rahaman
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chittagong-3^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahfuzur Rahaman	1,62,356		N/A
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	3,122		N/A
	IAB	Monsurul Haque	2,076		N/A
Majority			1,59,234
Turnout			1,67,554
Registered electors			2,02,635
	AL hold

2014 General Election

General Election 2014: Chittagong-3^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mahfuzur Rahaman	111,743	96.3	+41.9
	JP(E)	M. A. Salam	3,466	3.0	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Nurul Akhtar	874	0.8	N/A
Majority			108,277	93.3	+83.9
Turnout			116,083	65.6	−15.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Chittagong-3^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	69,546	63.8	+21.7
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	39,135	35.9	−15.5
	IJOF	M. A. Salam	264	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mohammad Nazrul Islam	97	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Jamal Uddin Chowdhury	46	0.0	N/A
Majority			30,411	27.9	+18.7
Turnout			109,088	67.8	+2.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chittagong-3^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	40,911	51.4	−13.4
	BNP	Mostafa Kamal Pasha	33,557	42.1	+15.5
	JI	Md. Nurul Huda	4,600	5.8	−1.2
	JP(E)	Md. Rafiqul Moula	264	0.3	−0.7
	Independent	Manirul Huda Baban	123	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Jasimuddin Ahmmed Chowdhury	103	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Mainuddin Mahmud	95	0.1	N/A
Majority			7,354	9.2	−29.0
Turnout			79,653	65.3	+14.1
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chittagong-3^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman	55,523	64.8
	BNP	A K M Rafiq Ullah Chowdhury	22,805	26.6
	JI	Md. Nurul Huda	5,981	7.0
	JP(E)	M. A. Salam	835	1.0
	CPB	Shafiqul Mawla	332	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abul Kashem	171	0.2
Majority			32,718	38.2
Turnout			85,647	51.2
	BNP gain from AL