Natore-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Zunaid Ahmed Palak of the Awami League.

Natore-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictNatore District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate276,178 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Zunaid Ahmed Palak

Boundaries edit

The constituency encompasses Singra Upazila.[2][3]

History edit

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament edit

Election Member Party
1986 Yakub Ali Jatiya Party[4][5]
1991 Md. Abu Bakar Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
1995 by-election Kazi Golam Morshed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
February 1996 Abul Kalam Azad
June 1996 Kazi Golam Morshed
2008 Zunaid Ahmed Palak Awami League
2014
2018
2024

Elections edit

Elections in the 2010s edit

General Election 2014: Natore-3[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Zunaid Ahmed Palak 80,688 86.1 +25.0
WPB Mizanur Rahman Mizan 13,027 13.9 N/A
Majority 67,661 72.2 +48.4
Turnout 93,715 37.9 -55.6
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s edit

General Election 2008: Natore-3[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Zunaid Ahmed Palak 127,987 61.1 +15.0
BNP Kazi Golam Morshed 78,043 37.2 -14.3
IAB Md. Azizur Rahman 1,908 0.9 N/A
BDB Md. Mustafizur Rahman 1.131 0.5 N/A
Gano Forum Tamiz Uddin Ahammed 554 0.3 N/A
Majority 49,944 23.8 +18.4
Turnout 209,623 93.5 +6.1
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Natore-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Kazi Golam Morshed 88,071 51.5 +15.8
AL Md. Shahjahan Ali 78,848 46.1 +11.6
Independent M. M. Rahmat Ullah 1,822 1.1 N/A
IJOF Motahar Hossain Shahajada 1,443 0.8 N/A
WPB Mizanur Rahman Mizan 666 0.4 0.0
Bangladesh Progressive Party Md. Tamij Uddin Ahmed 120 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,223 5.4 +4.2
Turnout 170,970 87.4 +6.9
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s edit

General Election June 1996: Natore-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Kazi Golam Morshed 43,162 35.7 +22.5
AL Md. Shahjahan Ali 41,718 34.5 +0.2
JP(E) Md. Abul Hassan 15,420 12.7 -1.0
Independent Yakub Ali 8,005 6.6 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Afsar Ali 6,314 5.2 -30.8
IOJ Golam Sorwar Chowdhury 5,305 4.4 N/A
WPB Mizanur Rahman Mizan 504 0.4 N/A
Zaker Party Nazrul Islam 486 0.4 N/A
NAP (Bhashani) Zamir Uddin Mollah 145 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,444 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 121,059 80.5 +11.0
BNP gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

Kazi Golam Morshed of the BNP was elected in a January 1995 by-election.[10]

General Election 1991: Natore-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abu Bakar 38,138 36.0
AL Md. Shahjahan Ali 36,287 34.3
JP(E) Md. Yakub Islam 14,516 13.7
BNP Md. Ashraful Islam 14,049 13.2
Independent Md. Monjur Alam 2,506 2.4
JSD Md. Mojibar Rahman 250 0.2
NAP (Muzaffar) Zamir Uddin Mollah 196 0.2
Majority 1,851 1.7
Turnout 105,942 69.5
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

References edit

  1. ^ "Natore-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Natore-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  10. ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.

External links edit

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