Nilphamari-3

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

Nilphamari-3
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Nilphamari District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	236,171 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Jaldhaka Upazila.^[1]

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.

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included three union parishads of Kishoreganj Upazila: Barabhita, Putimari, and Ranachandi.^[2][3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Joban Uddin Ahmad	Jamaat-e-Islami[4]
	1988	MK Alam Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[5]
	1991	Md. Azaharul Islam	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Anwarul Kabir Chowdhury	BNP
	Jun 1996	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Kazi Faruque Kader	Jatiya Party
	2014	Golam Mostofa	Awami League
	2018	Rana Mohammad Sohel	Jatiya Party[6]
	2024	Saddam Hussain Pavel	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Nilphamari-3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Golam Mostofa	78,919	79.5	N/A
	JP(E)	Kazi Faruque Kader	20,345	20.5	−47.6
Majority			58,574	59.0	+22.2
Turnout			99,264	38.0	−53.2
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Kazi Faruque Kader	145,688	68.1	N/A
	JI	Azizul Islam	66,849	31.2	−6.8
	IAB	Md. Abdul Monayem	1,549	0.7	N/A
Majority			78,839	36.8	+31.4
Turnout			214,086	91.2	+9.2
	JP(E) gain from JI

General Election 2001: Nilphamari-3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	64,180	38.0	+6.7
	AL	Dipendra Nath Sarkar	55,043	32.6	N/A
	IJOF	Rashidul Alam Chowdhury	44,014	26.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Kazi Nurannabi	4,081	2.4	N/A
	CPB	Md. Jahed Ali	552	0.3	−0.2
	JSD	Azizul Islam	496	0.3	N/A
	Independent	A. K. Nazrul Haque	388	0.2	N/A
Majority			9,137	5.4	+3.3
Turnout			168,754	82.0	+11.2
	JI hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Nilphamari-3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	37,546	31.3	+5.5
	JP(E)	Rashidul Alam Chowdhury	35,030	29.2	+2.2
	AL	Md. Azharul Islam	34,439	28.7	−4.6
	BNP	Anwarul Kabir Chowdhury	8,702	7.3	+2.3
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Md. Kamrul Alam Kabir	1,810	1.5	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Abdul Hakim	731	0.6	N/A
	CPB	Md. Jahed Ali	577	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Abdul Gafur	572	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Mozaffor Hossain	446	0.4	+0.1
Majority			2,516	2.1	−4.2
Turnout			119,853	70.8	+12.1
	JI gain from AL

General Election 1991: Nilphamari-3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Azaharul Islam	37,131	33.3
	JP(E)	Md. Nurul Haq	30,064	27.0
	JI	Joban Uddin Ahmad	28,806	25.8
	BNP	Md. Mominur Rahman Chowdhury	5,538	5.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Kazi Abdul Kader	4,834	4.3
	Independent	Md. Kamrul Alam Kabir	3,414	3.1
	BAKSAL	Md. Nuruzzaman	1,076	1.0
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdur Rouf Pramanik	446	0.3
	Independent	Md. Hamidul Ehesan	155	0.2
Majority			7,067	6.3
Turnout			111,464	58.7
	AL gain from JP(E)