Rangpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Md. Mahbubur Rahman of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Boundaries The constituency encompasses Rangpur Sadar Upazila, wards 10 through 33 of Rangpur City Corporation and Rangpur Cantonment area.
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 also included eight union parishads 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 in the 2018 general election.
Ahead of the 2026 general election, the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency by removing ward 9 of Rangpur City Corporation, and adding the Rangpur Cantonment area.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1973 Jonab Ali Ukil Awami League 1979 Kazi Abdul Kuader Bangladesh Muslim LeagueMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Shafiqul Ghani Swapan Jatiya Party 1988 Mofazzal Hossain Jatiya Party 1991 Hussain Muhammad Ershad Jatiya Party 2001 GM Quader Islami Jatiya Oikya Front Apr 2009 by-election Rowshan Ershad Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Hussain Muhammad Ershad Jatiya Party (Ershad) Oct 2019 by-election Saad Ershad Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2024 GM Quader Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2026 Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s Hussain Muhammad Ershad died in July 2019. his son Saad Ershad was elected in an October 2019 by-election.
+Rangpur-3 by-election 2019PartySymbolCandidateVotes%±ppJaPa(E)PloughRahgir Al-Mahe Saad Ershad58,87862.63N/ABNPSheaf of paddyRita Rahman16,94718.034.95IndependentCarHussain Maqbul Shahriar Asif14,98415.94N/AGano FrontFishKazi M. Shahidullah Bayazid1,6621.77N/AKhelafat MajlishWall clockMd. Tauhidur Rahman Mondal9240.980.79NPP(S)MangoShafiul Alam6110.65N/AValid votes94,006100.0Invalid votes00.00Total votes94,006100.0Registered voters/turnout441,22421.3134.64Majority41,93144.60 +5.72Jatiya Party (Ershad) hold
+General Election 2018: Rangpur-311th Jatiya Sangsad Election (Center-wise results) – 1-100, Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka (20 June 2019)PartySymbolCandidateVotes%±ppJaPa(E)PloughHussain Muhammad Ershad142,92661.866.47PPB(R)Sheaf of paddyRita Rahman53,08922.98N/AIABHand fanMohammad Amiruzzaman Hossain23,17710.03N/ASPB(M)HoeMd. Anwar Hossain Bablu3,2141.39N/AZaker PartyRoseMd. Alamgir Hussain Alam3,0851.34N/APDPTigerSabbir Ahmed2,6601.1530.52JaSaD(I)TorchMd. Sakhawat Hussain Ranga1,5340.66N/ANPP(S)MangoMd. Shamsul Haque9220.40N/AKhelafat MajlishWall clockMd. Tauhidur Rahman Mondal4490.19N/AValid votes231,056100.0Invalid votes00.00Total votes231,056100.0Registered voters/turnout412,99055.9538.02Majority89,83738.88+2.21Jatiya Party (Ershad) hold
Elections in the 2000s Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Rangpur-3, Kurigram-2, and Dhaka-17. After winning all three, he chose to represent Dhaka-17 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Rowshan Ershad, his wife, was elected in an April 2009 by-election, defeating BNP candidate Rahim Uddin Bharosha.
Elections in the 1990s
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