Patuakhali-3 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
(National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
since 2019 by
SM Shahjada of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Dashmina and
Galachipa upazilas.
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the
2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had included one
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
of
Patuakhali Sadar Upazila
Patuakhali Sadar ( bn, পটুয়াখালী সদর) is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.
Geography
Patuakhali Sadar is located at . It has 55,194 households and a total area of 362.62 km2.
...
: Auliapur.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Patuakhali District
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