Manikganj-3 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2008 by
Zahid Maleque
Zahid Maleque (born 11 April 1959) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh), Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Manikganj- ...
of the
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*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Saturia Upazila and all but the three southernmost
union parishads of
Manikganj Sadar Upazila
Manikgonj Sadar ( bn, মানিকগঞ্জ সদর) is an upazila of Manikgonj District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Manikgonj Sadar is located at . It has a total area of 214.81 km2.
Demographics
According to t ...
: Bhararia, Hati Para, and Putail.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the
Dhaka-3
Dhaka-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nasrul Hamid of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses five union parishads of Keraniganj Upazila: Aganagar, Konda, ...
constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts:
Manikganj
Manikganj is a district situated in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Manikganj is one of the green and pollution free towns in Bangladesh. The recent urbanization and highway built joining Dhaka and Shingair Upazilla has given it an outstanding roadv ...
,
Munshiganj
Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District.
Geography
Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2 ...
,
Dhaka,
Gazipur,
Narsingdi, and
Narayanganj
Narayanganj ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ''Naraeongônj'') is a city in central Bangladesh. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, and has a population of about 2 million. It is the 6th larges ...
.
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
In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...
.
The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Zahid Maleque was re-elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Nizam Uddin Khan died in office. Abdul Wahab Khan of the BNP was elected in a 1996 by-election.
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Manikganj District
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