Sylhet-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Mohammad Abdul Malek of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Balaganj, Dakshin Surma, and Fenchuganj upazilas.
History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.
Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding eleven union parishads of Balaganj Upazila: Balaganj, Boaljur, Burunga Bazar, Dayamir, Boula Bazar, Omarpur, Osmanpur, Paschim Pailanpur, Purba Pailanpur, Sadipur, and Tajpur.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Abdur Rais Awami League 1979 Dewan Shamsul Abedin Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Mohammad Habibur Rahman Jatiya Party (Ershad) 1988 Abdul Mukit Khan Jatiya Party (Ershad)February 1996Shafi Ahmad ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist PartyJune 1996Abdul Mukit KhanJatiya Party (Ershad) 2001 Shafi Ahmad Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2008 Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury Awami League2014Major Boundary Changes2018Mahmud Us Samad ChowdhuryAwami LeagueSep: 2021 by-election Habibur Rahman Habib2024 2026 Mohammad Abdul Malek Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury 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
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