Kurigram-3

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

Kurigram-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kurigram District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	303,013 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 26 Kurigram-2 28 Kurigram-4 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Ulipur Upazila.^[1]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-16 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Ahead of 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[2] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[3]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing one union parishad of Ulipur Upazila: Saheber Alga, and four union parishads of Rajarhat Upazila: Bidyananda, Gharialdanga, Nazimkhan, and Omar Majid, and adding all but two union parishads of Chilmari Upazila: Ashtamir Char and Nayerhat.^[4][5][6]

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing all portions of Chilmari Upazila, and adding the only missing union parishad of Ulipur Upazila: Saheber Alga.^[1][5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	AKM Maidul Islam	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1991	Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar	Awami League
	Feb 1996	AKM Maidul Islam	BNP
	Sep 1996 by-election	Mozammel Hossain Lalu	Jatiya Party
	2001	Md. Motiur Rahman	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	AKM Maidul Islam	Jatiya Party
	2018 by-election	Akkas Ali
	2018	MA Matin	Awami League[9]
	2024	Soumendra Prasad Pandey

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

AKM Maidul Islam died in May 2018.^[10] Akkas Ali was elected in a July by-election.^[11]

Kurigram-3 by-election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Akkas Ali	82,598	50.8	N/A
	AL	MA Matin	79,895	49.2	N/A
Majority			2,703	1.7	N/A
Turnout			162,493	44.3	N/A
	JP(E) hold

AKM Maidul Islam was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[12]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kurigram-3^[4][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	AKM Maidul Islam	187,528	75.1	N/A
	Independent	Tashvirul Islam	20,871	8.4	N/A
	Independent	Habibul Haque Sarker	12,561	5.0	N/A
	BNP	Md. Motiur Rahman	11,590	4.6	−33.2
	IAB	Md. Razaul Karim	9,455	3.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. T. M. Zohirul Islam	6,130	2.5	N/A
	BSD	Sayeed Akhter Amin	661	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Mohammad Alli Sarker	486	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sarker Mohammad Alli	380	0.2	N/A
Majority			166,657	66.8	+63.8
Turnout			249,662	83.5	+12.4
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Kurigram-3^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Md. Motiur Rahman	68,579	40.8	N/A
	BNP	AKM Maidul Islam	63,582	37.8	+14.0
	AL	Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar	34,140	20.3	−3.2
	CPB	Md. Abdul Mottaleb	742	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Md. Khalilur Rahman	648	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Sawpan Kumar Baksi	369	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,997	3.0	−11.3
Turnout			168,060	71.1	+13.0
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:^[16] Rangpur-2,^[17] Rangpur-3,^[18] Rangpur-5,^[19] Rangpur-6,^[20] and Kurigram-3. After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.^[21]

Kurigram-3 by-election, September 1996^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Mozammel Hossain Lalu	41,809	39.8	−28.7
	AL	Md. Fulu Sarker	26,802	25.5	+7.3
	BNP	AKM Maidul Islam	24,949	23.8	+7.2
	Independent	M. Kafil Uddin	10,535	10.0	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Khalilur Rahman	610	0.6	−0.3
	Independent	Mamtazul Hasan Koreshi	302	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,007	14.3	−27.5
Turnout			105,007	58.1	−4.0
	JP(E) hold

General Election June 1996: Kurigram-3^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Mohammad Ershad	67,262	60.0	+41.7
	AL	Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar	20,408	18.2	−5.5
	BNP	AKM Maidul Islam	18,662	16.6	+13.7
	JI	Abdul Quddus	3,475	3.1	+0.7
	IOJ	Md. Khalilur Rahman	1,029	0.9	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Abdul Jalil Sarkar	477	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abdul Karim Sarkar	422	0.4	−4.9
	Independent	Mosammat Marina Rahman	291	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Golam Md. Kader	168	0.1	N/A
Majority			46,854	41.8	+40.8
Turnout			112,194	62.1	+18.6
	JP(E) gain from AL

General Election 1991: Kurigram-3^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar	20,547	23.7
	Independent	AKM Maidul Islam	19,699	22.8
	Islamic Al Zihad Dal	Matiar Rahaman	18,938	21.9
	JP(E)	Md. Golam Mostafa	15,799	18.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Aminul Islam	4,559	5.3
	BNP	Md. Mohiul Islam Haqqani	2,497	2.9
	JI	Md. Abdul Kuddus	2,066	2.4
	Independent	Md. Abdul Jalil Sarkar	1,275	1.5
	JSD	Md. Lutfar Rahaman	1,032	1.2
	BAKSAL	Shree Somendro Prashad Pande	132	0.2
Majority			848	1.0
Turnout			86,544	43.5
	AL gain from JP(E)