Natore-3

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

{{Infobox constituency

| name = Natore-3

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| image = নাটোর-৩.svg

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| district_label =

| district = Natore District

| region_label = Division

| region = Rajshahi Division

| population =

| electorate = 276,178 (2018)

| towns =

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| year = 1984

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| module = {{align|left|← 59 Natore-2}}{{align|right|61 Natore-4 →}}

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Natore-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Singra Upazila.

History

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

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1986

| Yakub Ali

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" |

| 1991

| Md. Abu Bakar

| Jamaat-e-Islami

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1995 by-election

| Kazi Golam Morshed

| rowspan="3" | BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

|Feb 1996

|Abul Kalam Azad

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

|Jun 1996

|Kazi Golam Morshed

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2008

| Zunaid Ahmed Palak

| Awami League

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2014: Natore-3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Zunaid Ahmed Palak

|votes = 80,688

|percentage = 86.1

|change = +25.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Mizanur Rahman Mizan

|votes = 13,027

|percentage = 13.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 67,661

|percentage = 72.2

|change = +48.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 93,715

|percentage = 37.9

|change = -55.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Natore-3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Zunaid Ahmed Palak

|votes = 127,987

|percentage = 61.1

|change = +15.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Kazi Golam Morshed

|votes = 78,043

|percentage = 37.2

|change = -14.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Azizur Rahman

|votes = 1,908

|percentage = 0.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Mustafizur Rahman

|votes = 1.131

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Tamiz Uddin Ahammed

|votes = 554

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 49,944

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +18.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 209,623

|percentage = 93.5

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2001: Natore-3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Kazi Golam Morshed

|votes = 88,071

|percentage = 51.5

|change = +15.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Md. Shahjahan Ali

|votes = 78,848

|percentage = 46.1

|change = +11.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = M. M. Rahmat Ullah

|votes = 1,822

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Motahar Hossain Shahajada

|votes = 1,443

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Mizanur Rahman Mizan

|votes = 666

|percentage = 0.4

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Bangladesh Progressive Party

|candidate = Md. Tamij Uddin Ahmed

|votes = 120

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,223

|percentage = 5.4

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 170,970

|percentage = 87.4

|change = +6.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Natore-3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Kazi Golam Morshed

|votes = 43,162

|percentage = 35.7

|change = +22.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Md. Shahjahan Ali

|votes = 41,718

|percentage = 34.5

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Md. Abul Hassan

|votes = 15,420

|percentage = 12.7

|change = -1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Yakub Ali

|votes = 8,005

|percentage = 6.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Md. Afsar Ali

|votes = 6,314

|percentage = 5.2

|change = -30.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Oikya Jote

|candidate = Golam Sorwar Chowdhury

|votes = 5,305

|percentage = 4.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Mizanur Rahman Mizan

|votes = 504

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Nazrul Islam

|votes = 486

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = NAP (Bhashani)

|candidate = Zamir Uddin Mollah

|votes = 145

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,444

|percentage = 1.2

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 121,059

|percentage = 80.5

|change = +11.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1991: Natore-3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Md. Abu Bakar

|votes = 38,138

|percentage = 36.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Md. Shahjahan Ali

|votes = 36,287

|percentage = 34.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Md. Yakub Islam

|votes = 14,516

|percentage = 13.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Md. Ashraful Islam

|votes = 14,049

|percentage = 13.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Monjur Alam

|votes = 2,506

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

|candidate = Md. Mojibar Rahman

|votes = 250

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = NAP (Muzaffar)

|candidate = Zamir Uddin Mollah

|votes = 196

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,851

|percentage = 1.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 105,942

|percentage = 69.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Natore-3 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Natore-3&d=rajshahi |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |title=Natore-3 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=60 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118055403/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=60 |archive-date=18 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=59 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000623/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=59 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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