Rangpur-3


Rangpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

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.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Hussain Muhammad Ershad died in July 2019. his son Saad Ershad was elected in an October 2019 by-election.

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.