Manikganj-3

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

Manikganj-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Manikganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	319,722 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 169 Manikganj-2 171 Munshiganj-1 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Saturia Upazila and all but the three southernmost union parishads of Manikganj Sadar Upazila: Bhararia, Hati Para, and Putail.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dhaka-3 constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Abdul Malek	Jatiya Party[6][7]
	1991	Nizam Uddin Khan	BNP
	1996 by-election	Abdul Wahab Khan
	2001	Harunur Rashid Khan Monno
	2008	Zahid Maleque	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Zahid Maleque was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Manikganj-3^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zahid Maleque	130,111	57.9	+19.8
	BNP	Harunur Rashid Khan Monno	92,216	41.0	−15.4
	IAB	Sohrab Hossen	941	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal	854	0.4	0.0
	BTF	Md. Habibur Rahman	405	0.2	N/A
	JSD	Iqbal Hossain Khan	291	0.1	−1.1
Majority			37,895	16.9	−1.5
Turnout			224,818	88.7	+9.0
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Manikganj-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Harunur Rashid Khan Monno	105,474	56.4
	AL	Zahid Maleque	71,139	38.1
	IJOF	Helal Uddin Ahmed	7,078	3.8
	JSD	Iqbal Hossain Khan	2,188	1.2
	Gano Forum	Rofiqa Halim Chowdhury	822	0.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Abul Khayer Siddiqi	170	0.1
Majority			34,335	18.4
Turnout			186,871	79.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

Nizam Uddin Khan died in office. Abdul Wahab Khan of the BNP was elected in a 1996 by-election.^[12][13]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nizam Uddin Khan	64,715	44.6	−6.1
	JP(E)	Abdul Malek	41,532	28.6	+19.3
	AL	Jalal Uddin Ahmed	30,126	20.8	−2.3
	JSD	Iqbal Hossain Khan	3,225	2.2	−2.9
	JI	Md. Anwar Hossain	1,945	1.3	−1.9
	Gano Forum	Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal	1,882	1.3	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Abu Taher	1,203	0.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Gazi Mamunur Rahman	530	0.4	−1.4
Majority			23,183	16.0	−11.7
Turnout			145,158	81.1	+17.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Manikganj-3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nizam Uddin Khan	63,963	50.7
	AL	Mofizul Islam Khan Kamal	29,068	23.1
	JP(E)	Nurul Aamin Khan	11,771	9.3
	CPB	Azaharul Islam Aarzu	6,797	5.4
	JSD	Iqbal Hossain Khan	6,409	5.1
	JI	Delwar Hossain	4,062	3.2
	Zaker Party	Golam Rabbani	2,328	1.8
	BKA	Hafizul Islam Nannu Miah	1,008	0.8
	Independent	Moazzem Hossain Khan Mojlish	330	0.3
	Independent	Syed Sarwar Alam Chowdhury	309	0.2
Majority			34,895	27.7
Turnout			126,045	63.6
	BNP gain from JP(E)