Patuakhali-3 Explained

Patuakhali-3
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Patuakhali District
Region Label:Division
Region:Barisal Division
Electorate:298,675 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:SM Shahjada
Party:Awami League

Patuakhali-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by SM Shahjada of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dashmina and Galachipa upazilas.

History

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

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included one union parishad of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila: Auliapur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Habibur Rahman MiaAwami League
1979Moazzem HossainBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Anwar Hossain HowladerJatiya Party
1988Mohammad Yakub Ali ChowdhuryJatiya Party
1991AKM Jahangir HossainAwami League
February 1996Shajahan KhanBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996AKM Jahangir HossainAwami League
2008Golam Maula RonyAwami League
2014AKM Jahangir HossainAwami League
2018SM ShahjadaAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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