Sirajganj-3 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh since 2019 by
Abdul Aziz of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
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.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Raiganj
Raiganj () is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Uttar Dinajpur district. The police station was set up 125 years ago and railway connectivity reached the place 115 years ago. The city h ...
and
Tarash
Tarash ( bn, তাড়াশ) is an upazila of Sirajganj District in the Division of Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography
Tarash is located at . It has 26254 households and total area 297.2 km2. The upazila is bounded by She ...
upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts:
Sirajganj and
Pabna.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Ishaque Hossain Talukder died in October 2014. Gazi MM Amjad Hossain of the Awami League was elected unopposed in December after the
Election Commission
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disqualified the only other candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.
Ishaque Hossain Talukder 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
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Sirajganj District
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