Gaibandha-3

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

Gaibandha-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gaibandha District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	369,797 (2014)
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 30 Gaibandha-2 32 Gaibandha-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Palashbari and Sadullapur upazilas.^[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[3][4]
	Feb 1996	Mukhlesur Rahman	BNP[5]
	Jun 1996	Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	Jatiya Party
	2001		Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008		Jatiya Party
	2014	Eunus Ali Sarkar	Awami League[6]
	2020 by-election	Umme Kulsum Smriti

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate, TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, died ten days before the 30 December 2018 general election.^[7] Voting in the constituency was postponed until 27 January 2019. The BNP selected Moinul Hasan Sadik to run in his place.^[8]

General Election 2014: Gaibandha-3^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Eunus Ali Sarkar	127,563	86.3	N/A
	Independent	SM Khademul Islam Khudi	18,204	12.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Fazle Karim Ahmed Pallab	1,992	1.3	N/A
Majority			109,359	74.0	+37.8
Turnout			147,759	40.0	−46.8
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gaibandha-3^[1][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	179,095	63.2	N/A
	JI	Abul Kowser Mohammad Nazrul Islam	76,460	27.0	−1.6
	Independent	Eunus Ali Sarkar	27,581	9.7	N/A
	BKA	Md. Kholilur Rahman	425	0.1	N/A
Majority			102,635	36.2	+30.1
Turnout			283,561	86.8	+9.2
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Gaibandha-3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	91,109	37.8	N/A
	AL	Eunus Ali Sarkar	76,439	31.7	+4.5
	JI	Nazrul Islam	69,022	28.6	+11.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Fazle Karim Ahmed Pallab	3,583	1.5	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Ganesh Prasad	573	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Khairul Alam	312	0.1	N/A
Majority			14,670	6.1	−15.0
Turnout			241,038	77.6	+6.3
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gaibandha-3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	85,027	48.3	+7.2
	AL	Md. Nazrul Islam	47,937	27.2	N/A
	JI	Nazrul Islam	30,264	17.2	−6.2
	BNP	Shah Badrul Islam	9,121	5.2	+1.8
	WPB	Md. Jakaria Khandakar	1,133	0.6	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Entanz Ali	1,121	0.6	N/A
	CPB	Md. Zahedur Rahman	887	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Moazzem Hossain	600	0.3	−0.5
Majority			37,090	21.1	+8.8
Turnout			176,090	71.3	+15.9
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Gaibandha-3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury	56,869	41.1
	BAKSAL	Abu Taleb Mia	39,872	28.8
	JI	Nazrul Islam	32,337	23.4
	BNP	R. A. Gani	4,675	3.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Moazzem Hossain	1,126	0.8
	Independent	Azgar Ali Khan	816	0.6
	Independent	Abdul Momin Chawdhury	682	0.5
	Independent	Md. Muslem Uddin Khandakar	487	0.4
	Independent	Md. Nazrul Islam	454	0.3
	FP	Md. Mia Saikat Asgar	388	0.3
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Nurul Haq Mondol	310	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abul Khaer	242	0.2
Majority			16,997	12.3
Turnout			138,258	55.4
	JP(E) hold