Rangpur-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 ...

Saad Ershad Rahgir Al Mahi Ershad (born 1983), better known as Saad Ershad, is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician belonging to Jatiya Party. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-3 constituency. His father Hussain Muhammad ...

is the current MP of this constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Rangpur Sadar Upazila Rangpur Sadar ( bn, রংপুর সদর) is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Rangpur Sadar is located at . It has 89651 households and total area 330.33 km2. The padas of Rangpur Sadar ...

and wards 9 through 33 of

Rangpur City Corporation Rangpur City Corporation ( bn, রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RCC) established in 28 June, 2012, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Current mayor of RpCC is Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa who was Nomi ...

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 An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included eight

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 ...

s of Rangpur Sadar Upazila: Chandanpat, Darshana, Mominpur, Rjendrapur, Sadya Pushkarni, Satgara, Tamphat, and Tapodhan. Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing wards 1 through 8 of Rangpur City Corporation, and adding Rangpur Sadar Upazila. The constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use

electronic voting machines An electronic voting machine is a voting machine based on electronics. Two main technologies exist: '' optical scanning'' and '' direct recording'' (DRE). Optical scanning In an optical scan voting system, or marksense, each voter's choices ...

in the 2018 general election.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Rangpur-3,

Kurigram-2 Kurigram-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ponir Uddin Ahmed of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kurigram Sadar, Phulbari, and Rajarhat up ...

, and

Dhaka-17 Dhaka-17 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka Cantonment and Dhaka North City Co ...

. After winning all three, he chose to represent Dhaka-17 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.

Rowshan Ershad Roushan Ershad (born 19 July 1943) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician. She is the current Jatiya Sangsad member from Mymensingh-4 constituency and the incumbent Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh), Leader of the Oppo ...

, his wife, was elected in an April 2009 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Rahim Uddin Bharosha.

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Rangpur District {{Rangpur-geo-stub