Tangail-3

Tangail-3
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictTangail District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate382,720 (2026)
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyIndependent
MemberLutfor Rahman Khan Azad

Tangail-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by independent politician Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Ghatail Upazila.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan Awami League
1979 Sawkat Ali Bhuiyan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan Awami League
1988 Saidur Rahman Khan Jatiya Party
1991 Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996 Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Mohammad Matiur Rahman Awami League
2012 by-election Amanur Rahman Khan Rana Independent
2014 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana Awami League
2018 Ataur Rahman Khan Awami League
2024 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana Independent
2026 Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Tangail-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad 107,901 46.8 N/A
BNP SM Obaidul Haque 82,769 35.9 N/A
NCP Saifullah Haider 34,588 15.0 N/A
IAB Md. Rezaul Karim 3,993 1.7 N/A
Independent Ainin Nahar 1,087 0.5 N/A
Majority 25,132 10.9 N/A
Turnout 230,338 60.2 N/A
Independent gain from Independent

Elections in the 2010s

Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Matiur Rahman died in September 2012. Independent candidate Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was elected in a November 2012 by-election.

Tangail-3 by-election, November 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amanur Rahman Khan Rana 97,808 63.5 N/A
AL Shahidul Islam Lebu 44,531 28.9 −32.9
JP(E) Syed Abu Yusuf Abdullah Tuhin 11,684 7.6 N/A
Majority 53,277 34.6 +9.3
Turnout 154,023 56.8 −30.6
Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Matiur Rahman 140,642 61.8 +15.8
BNP Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad 83,076 36.5 −12.4
Zaker Party Khalilur Rahman 1,627 0.7 N/A
KSJL Abdul Kader Siddique 1,081 0.5 −3.1
IAB Abdur Rashid 917 0.4 N/A
BDB Kazi Azijul Hoque 238 0.1 N/A
Majority 57,566 25.3 +22.3
Turnout 227,581 87.4 +8.7
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Tangail-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad 94,420 48.9 −1.4
AL Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan 88,725 46.0 +2.7
KSJL Abdul Kader Siddique 6,964 3.6 N/A
IJOF Md. Abdul Kashem 2,278 1.2 N/A
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman Khan 499 0.3 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Ataur Rahman Khan 111 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,695 3.0 −4.0
Turnout 192,997 78.7 −0.7
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad 73,815 50.3 −9.1
AL Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan 63,538 43.3 +3.9
JP(E) S. A. S. Md. Jakaria 6,381 4.3 +4.0
Jamaat Md. Abdul Hamid 1,732 1.2 N/A
IOJ Md. Yakub Ali Mian 693 0.5 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Ajharul Islam 458 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Ataur Rahman Khan 248 0.2 N/A
Majority 10,277 7.0 −13.1
Turnout 146,865 79.4 +19.2
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Tangail-3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad 71,157 59.4
AL Shafiqur Rahman Khan 47,141 39.4
CPB Shree Kartik Chandra Dutta 519 0.4
JP(E) Saidur Rahman Khan 390 0.3
JSD (S) Md. Mahmudul Rashid Chand Miah 291 0.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Abul Kasem 271 0.2
Majority 24,016 20.1
Turnout 119,769 60.2
BNP gain from JP(E)

Notes

  1. ↑ The vote count of 3,993 for Md. Rezaul Karim is an unofficial result published by the Dhaka Times 24. The number published by The Business Standard is an obvious data entry error.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tangail-3". The Business Standard. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Tangail-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  10. ↑ টাঙ্গাইল-৩ আসনে স্বতন্ত্র প্রার্থী লুৎফর রহমান বিজয়ী [Independent candidate Lutfar Rahman wins Tangail-3 constituency]. Dhaka Times 24 (in Bengali). 13 February 2026.
  11. ↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "AL sinks as rebel wins". The Daily Star. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 "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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