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1 Boundaries  




2 History  




3 Members of Parliament  




4 Elections  


4.1  Elections in the 2010s  




4.2  Elections in the 2000s  




4.3  Elections in the 1990s  






5 References  




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Coordinates: 22°59′N 90°00′E / 22.99°N 90.00°E / 22.99; 90.00
  
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Gopalganj-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictGopalganj District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate246,685 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyBangladesh Awami League
Member of ParliamentSheikh Hasina
Council areaKotalipara Upazila
Prev. ConstituencyGopalganj-2 (Constituency 216)
Next ConstituencyMadaripur-1 (Constituency 218)

Gopalganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since June 1996 by Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Kotalipara upazilas.[2][3]

History

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The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.[4]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1986 Kazi Firoz Rashid Jatiya Party[5][6]
1988
1991 Sheikh Hasina Awami League
Feb 1996 Mujibur Rahman Howlader Independent[7]
Jun 1996 Sheikh Hasina Awami League
2001
2008
2014
2018
2024

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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General Election 2018: Gopalganj-3[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 229,539 99.9 +1.2
BNP SM Jilani 123 0.05 +0.05
IAB Maruf Sheikh 71 0.03 +0.03
Majority 229,416 99.9 +2.5
Turnout 229,747 93.2 +3.7
AL hold
General Election 2014: Gopalganj-3[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 187,185 98.7 +1.6
JP(E) A. Z. Sheikh Apu 2,430 1.3 N/A
Majority 184,755 97.4 +3.0
Turnout 189,615 89.5 +2.7
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Gopalganj-3[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 158,958 97.1 +2.4
BNP S. M. Jilane 4,451 2.7 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party SM Afzal Hossain 221 0.1 N/A
Majority 154,507 94.4 +4.1
Turnout 163,630 86.8 −0.5
AL hold
General Election 2001: Gopalganj-3[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 154,130 94.7 +2.5
IOJ Omar Ahmad Saheb 7,223 4.4 N/A
Bangladesh Hindu League Birendra Nath Moitra 922 0.6 N/A
IJOF Shishir Chowdhury 410 0.3 N/A
Majority 146,907 90.3 +0.4
Turnout 162,685 87.3 +17.5
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Gopalganj-3[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 102,689 92.2 +20.0
BNP Bishnu Pad Halder 2,568 2.3 0.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Mannan Sheikh 2,512 2.3 N/A
BKA Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury 2,277 2.0 −16.3
Zaker Party Biswas Fazlul Haque 524 0.5 N/A
JP(E) Kazi Firoz Rashid 453 0.4 N/A
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) Sheikh Showkat Hossain Nilu 374 0.3 −1.3
Majority 100,121 89.9 +36.0
Turnout 111,397 79.8 +23.8
AL hold
General Election 1991: Gopalganj-3[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 67,945 72.2
BKA Hafez Omar Ahmed 17,256 18.3
Bangladesh Hindu League Birendra Nath Moitra 4,246 4.5
BNP Omelendro Bishwas 2,116 2.3
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) Sheikh Shawkat Hossein Nilu 1,527 1.6
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Nirmal Sen 1,019 1.1
Majority 50,689 53.9
Turnout 94,109 56.0
AL gain from JP(E)

References

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  1. ^ "Gopalganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  • ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  • ^ জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  • ^ "Hasina wins Gopalganj-3 as EC releases first full constituency results". Bdnews24.com. 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  • ^ "Gopalganj-3". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  • ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  • ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  • ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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