Brahmanbaria-3 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2011 by
Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury of the
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.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Bijoynagar
Bijoynagar is a town in the Kamrup district. It is on the south bank of the river Brahmaputra.
Transport
Bijoynagar is located on National Highway 17 and is well together with Guwahati and other nearby towns with both government and private c ...
and
Brahmanbaria Sadar upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-3 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts:
Brahmanbaria,
Comilla, and
Chandpur.
Ahead of the
2008 general election, the
Election Commission
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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the
2001 Bangladesh census
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.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of the former Brahmanbaria Sadar (which in 2010 had been split into a smaller Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila and the new Bijoynagar Upazila). Previously the constituency had excluded six
union parishads: Budhal, Budhanti, Chandura, Harashpur, Majlishpur, and Purba Talsahar.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Lutful Hai Sachchu died in November 2010.
Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury of the Awami League was elected in a January 2011 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Khaled Mahbub.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Brahmanbaria District
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