Habiganj-3

Habiganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Habiganj-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Habiganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	326,823 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant
← 240 Habiganj-2 242 Habiganj-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Habiganj Sadar and Lakhai upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Chowdhury Abdul Hai	Awami League[5]
	1988	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[6]
	Feb 1996	Atiq Ullah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Jun 1996	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party
	2001	Shah A. M. S. Kibria	Awami League
	2005 by-election	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Md. Abu Zahir	Awami League
	2014
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Habiganj-3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Abu Zahir	98,155	82.5	+12.1
	JP(E)	Mohammad Atikur Rahman	20,837	17.5	N/A
Majority			77,318	65.0	+21.9
Turnout			118,992	41.5	−43.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Habiganj-3^[2][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Abu Zahir	147,827	70.4
	BNP	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	57,260	27.3
	NAP	Md. Syedur Rahman	1,949	0.9
	BIF	Md. Shohidul Islam	1,445	0.7
	IAB	Hafiz Md. Abdul Karim	1,307	0.6
	KSJL	Md. Nurual Haque	269	0.1
Majority			90,567	43.1
Turnout			210,057	82.7
	AL gain from BNP

Shah A. M. S. Kibria was assassinated on 27 January 2005. Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury of the BNP was elected unopposed in April, after the four other candidates withdrew from the by-election scheduled for later that month.^[10]

General Election 2001: Habiganj-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shah A. M. S. Kibria	83,110	47.7	+12.5
	BNP	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	69,306	39.8	+35.5
	IJOF	Md. Azizul Haque	19,797	11.4	N/A
	BIF	Md. Shohidul Islam	781	0.4	−0.2
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Shafiqul Islam	398	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	387	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Hirendra Datta	235	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Syed Md. Mujakkir Hossain	150	0.1	N/A
	BKSMA (Sadeq)	Md. Apel Mahmud Dulal	121	0.1	N/A
Majority			13,804	7.9	−0.1
Turnout			174,285	73.9	+2.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Habiganj-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	55,795	43.1	+2.3
	AL	Shahid Uddin Chowdhury	45,493	35.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostofa Allama)	Syed Md. Kaisar	10,773	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Nizam Uddin	6,436	5.0	N/A
	BNP	Md. Atique Ullah	5,505	4.3	−8.4
	JI	Syed Shah Alam Hossain	2,670	2.1	−2.9
	Gano Forum	Chowdhury Ashraful Bari Noman	1,391	1.1	N/A
	BIF	Noman Ahmed Khan	765	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Md. A. Rezzak	551	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,302	8.0	+0.3
Turnout			129,379	71.2	+23.8
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Habiganj-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury	38,260	40.8
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Chowdhury Abdul Hai	31,045	33.1
	BNP	Atik Ullah	11,927	12.7
	Independent	M. A. Mottalib	4,709	5.0
	JI	Syed Shah Alam Hossain	4,707	5.0
	Independent	Azizur Rahman Chowdhury	1,406	1.5
	Independent	Md. Tazul Islam	537	0.6
	Zaker Party	Mufti Abu Naser	480	0.5
	FP	Syed Ebadul Hasan	395	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abu Taher	283	0.3
Majority			7,215	7.7
Turnout			93,749	47.4
	JP(E) hold