Jhenaidah-3

Jhenaidah-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Salahuddin Miaji of the Awami League.

Jhenaidah-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Jhenaidah District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	360,920 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 82 Jhenaidah-2 84 Jhenaidah-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kotchandpur and Maheshpur upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	ASM Mozammel Haque	Jamaat-e-Islami[5]
	1988	Shamsul Huda Khan	Jatiya Party[6]
	1991	Shahidul Islam Master	BNP
	2008	Shafiqul Azam Khan	Awami League[1]
	2014	Nobi Newaz
	2018	Shafiqul Azam Khan
	2024	Salahuddin Miaji

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-3^{[7][8][9][10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Nobi Newaz[note 1]	46,701	96.3	+51.0
	JP(E)	Md. Kamruzzaman Swadhin[note 1]	1,489	3.1	N/A
	Independent	Shafiqul Azam Khan	311	0.6	N/A
Majority			45,212	93.2	+79.2
Turnout			48,501	15.3	−78.9
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-3^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shafiqul Azam Khan	118,357	45.3	+7.0
	JI	Matiar Rahman	81,739	31.3	N/A
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Master	59,014	22.6	−35.2
	IAB	Saroar Hossain	1,409	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abdul Mannan	450	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sazzatuj Jumma	214	0.1	N/A
Majority			36,618	14.0	−5.4
Turnout			261,183	94.2	+5.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Master	127,023	57.8	+20.6
	AL	Sazzatuj Jumma	84,289	38.3	+9.5
	Independent	Parvin Talukder	5,628	2.6	N/A
	IJOF	Md. A. Rahman Dhabok	2,750	1.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Jamir Hossain Manik	233	0.1	N/A
Majority			42,734	19.4	+14.2
Turnout			219,923	88.7	−0.1
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Master	65,725	37.2	−6.5
	JI	ASM Mozammel Haque	56,458	32.0	+0.1
	AL	Sazzatuj Jumma	50,882	28.8	+6.5
	JP(E)	Md. Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury	2,496	1.4	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Mannan	741	0.4	+0.2
	Gano Forum	Md. Mosharaf Hossain	353	0.2	N/A
Majority			9,267	5.2	−6.6
Turnout			176,655	88.8	+14.8
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Master	61,391	43.7
	JI	ASM Mozammel Haque	44,861	31.9
	AL	Sazzatuj Jumma	31,412	22.3
	Zaker Party	Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury	1,409	1.0
	IOJ	Zoadur Rahim	782	0.6
	JSD	S. M. Sabdar Rahman	413	0.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ali Bakhsh	278	0.2
Majority			16,530	11.8
Turnout			140,546	74.0
	BNP gain from

Notes

1. Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 46,105 and 46,701 votes for the winner, and between 1,465 and 1,489 votes for the runner up. Moreover, the Dhaka Tribune, although generally reliable, has the names and vote counts flipped. It is contradicted by Bangladesh Sangbad Shangstha, Banglanews24.com, Amarmp.com, and the website of the Bangladesh Parliament.