Dhaka-3 Explained

Dhaka-3
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Dhaka District
Region Label:Division
Region:Dhaka Division
Electorate:311,617 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Vacant
Party:vacant

Dhaka-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses five union parishads of Keraniganj Upazila: Aganagar, Konda, Subhadya, Tegharia, and Zinjira.

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Mofizul Islam Khan KamalAwami League
1979Nizam Uddin KhanBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Mostafa Mohsin MontuJatiya Party
1988Md. Saifur Rahman
1991Amanullah AmanBangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1996
2001
2008Nasrul HamidAwami League
2014
January 2018
January 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Nasrul Hamid was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 1990s

External links