Cox's Bazar-3

For other uses, see Cox's Bazar (disambiguation).

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

Cox's Bazar-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Cox's Bazar District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	414,930 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
← 295 Cox's Bazar-2 297 Cox's Bazar-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Cox's Bazar Sadar, Ramu and Eidgaon upazilas.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Didarul Alam Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)[5][6]
	1991	Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury	Bangladesh Awami League
	1996	Mohammad Khalequzzaman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2001	Mohammad Sahiduzzaman
	2008	Lutfur Rahman Kajal
	2014	Shaimum Sarwar Kamal	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024

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.^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Cox's Bazar-3^[2][8][9]

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.^[10]

General Election 2001: Cox's Bazar-3^[11]

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

General Election June 1996: Cox's Bazar-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mohammad Khalequzzaman	69,119	43.3	+14.0
	AL	Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury	41,405	26.0	−4.2
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Cox's Bazar-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury	32,106	30.2
	BNP	Mohammad Khalequzzaman	31,109	29.3
	JI	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)