Jhenaidah-3

Jhenaidah-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shafiqul Azam Khan of the Awami League.

Jhenaidah-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictJhenaidah District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate360,920 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Shafiqul Azam Khan

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kotchandpur and Maheshpur upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Jessore constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 ASM Mozammel Haque Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[5]
1988 Shamsul Huda Khan [6]
1991 Shahidul Islam Master Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Shafiqul Azam Khan Awami League
2014 Nobi Newaz Awami League
2018 Shafiqul Azam Khan Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Jhenaidah-3[7][8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Nobi Newaz[note 1] 46,701 96.3 +51.0
JP(E) Md. Kamruzzaman Swadhin[note 1] 1,489 3.1 N/A
Independent Shafiqul Azam Khan 311 0.6 N/A
Majority 45,212 93.2 +79.2
Turnout 48,501 15.3 -78.9
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Jhenaidah-3[2][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Shafiqul Azam Khan 118,357 45.3 +7.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Matiar Rahman 81,739 31.3 N/A
BNP Shahidul Islam Master 59,014 22.6 -35.2
IAB Saroar Hossain 1,409 0.5 N/A
Independent Md. Abdul Mannan 450 0.2 N/A
Independent Sazzatuj Jumma 214 0.1 N/A
Majority 36,618 14.0 -5.4
Turnout 261,183 94.2 +5.5
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Jhenaidah-3[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shahidul Islam Master 127,023 57.8 +20.6
Awami League Sazzatuj Jumma 84,289 38.3 +9.5
Independent Parvin Talukder 5,628 2.6 N/A
IJOF Md. A. Rahman Dhabok 2,750 1.3 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Jamir Hossain Manik 233 0.1 N/A
Majority 42,734 19.4 +14.2
Turnout 219,923 88.7 -0.1
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Jhenaidah-3[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shahidul Islam Master 65,725 37.2 -6.5
Jamaat-e-Islami ASM Mozammel Haque 56,458 32.0 +0.1
Awami League Sazzatuj Jumma 50,882 28.8 +6.5
JP(E) Md. Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury 2,496 1.4 N/A
JSD (R) Md. Abdul Mannan 741 0.4 +0.2
Gano Forum Md. Mosharaf Hossain 353 0.2 N/A
Majority 9,267 5.2 -6.6
Turnout 176,655 88.8 +14.8
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Jhenaidah-3[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Shahidul Islam Master 61,391 43.7
Jamaat-e-Islami ASM Mozammel Haque 44,861 31.9
Awami League Sazzatuj Jumma 31,412 22.3
Zaker Party Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury 1,409 1.0
IOJ Zoadur Rahim 782 0.6
JSD S. M. Sabdar Rahman 413 0.3
JSD (R) Ali Bakhsh 278 0.2
Majority 16,530 11.8
Turnout 140,546 74.0
BNP gain from [[|N/A]]

Notes
  1. Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 46,105 and 46,701 votes for the winner, and between 1,465 and 1,489 votes for the runner up. Moreover, the Dhaka Tribune, although generally reliable, has the names and vote counts flipped. It is contradicted by Bangladesh Sangbad Shangstha, Banglanews24.com, Amarmp.com, and the website of the Bangladesh Parliament.

References
  1. "Jhenaidah-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "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. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Jhenaidah-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Jhenaidah-3". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. "Final Election Result from EC". Bangladesh Sangbad Shangstha. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. "List of elected lawmakers". Banglanews24.com. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "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.


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