title: Habiganj-3
text: # Habiganj-3
  
  Habiganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Md. Abu Zahir of the Awami League.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The constituency encompasses Habiganj Sadar and Lakhai upazilas.
  
  ## History
  
  The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1986 | Chowdhury Abdul Hai | Awami League |
  | 1988 | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | Jatiya Party |
  | Feb 1996 | Atiq Ullah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
  | Jun 1996 | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | Jatiya Party |
  | 2001 | Shah A. M. S. Kibria | Awami League |
  | 2005 by-election | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
  | 2008 | Md. Abu Zahir | Awami League |
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  General Election 2014: Habiganj-3 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Abu Zahir | 98,155 | 82.5 | +12.1 |
  | | JP(E) | Mohammad Atikur Rahman | 20,837 | 17.5 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 77,318 | 65.0 | +21.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,992 | 41.5 | -43.5 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold | Bangladesh Awami League hold |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  General Election 2008: Habiganj-3 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Abu Zahir | 147,827 | 70.4 | |
  | | BNP | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | 57,260 | 27.3 | |
  | | NAP | Md. Syedur Rahman | 1,949 | 0.9 | |
  | | BIF | Md. Shohidul Islam | 1,445 | 0.7 | |
  | | IAB | Hafiz Md. Abdul Karim | 1,307 | 0.6 | |
  | | KSJL | Md. Nurual Haque | 269 | 0.1 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 90,567 | 43.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 210,057 | 82.7 | |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
  
  Shah A. M. S. Kibria was assassinated on 27 January 2005. Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury of the BNP was elected unopposed in April, after the four other candidates withdrew from the by-election scheduled for later that month.
  
  General Election 2001: Habiganj-3 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Shah A. M. S. Kibria | 83,110 | 47.7 | +12.5 |
  | | BNP | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | 69,306 | 39.8 | +35.5 |
  | | IJOF | Md. Azizul Haque | 19,797 | 11.4 | N/A |
  | | BIF | Md. Shohidul Islam | 781 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
  | | Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Shafiqul Islam | 398 | 0.2 | N/A |
  | | Independent | Azizur Rahman Chowdhury | 387 | 0.2 | N/A |
  | | CPB | Hirendra Datta | 235 | 0.1 | N/A |
  | | Independent | Syed Md. Mujakkir Hossain | 150 | 0.1 | N/A |
  | | BKSMA (Sadeq) | Md. Apel Mahmud Dulal | 121 | 0.1 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,804 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,285 | 73.9 | +2.7 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) | Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) | Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) | Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) | Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  General Election June 1996: Habiganj-3 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | JP(E) | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | 55,795 | 43.1 | +2.3 |
  | | Bangladesh Awami League | Shahid Uddin Chowdhury | 45,493 | 35.2 | N/A |
  | | Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostofa Allama) | Syed Md. Kaisar | 10,773 | 8.3 | N/A |
  | | Independent | Md. Nizam Uddin | 6,436 | 5.0 | N/A |
  | | BNP | Md. Atique Ullah | 5,505 | 4.3 | -8.4 |
  | | Jamaat-e-Islami | Syed Shah Alam Hossain | 2,670 | 2.1 | -2.9 |
  | | Gano Forum | Chowdhury Ashraful Bari Noman | 1,391 | 1.1 | N/A |
  | | BIF | Noman Ahmed Khan | 765 | 0.6 | N/A |
  | | Independent | Md. A. Rezzak | 551 | 0.4 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,302 | 8.0 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,379 | 71.2 | +23.8 |
  | | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold |
  
  General Election 1991: Habiganj-3 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | JP(E) | Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury | 38,260 | 40.8 |
  | | NAP (Muzaffar) | Chowdhury Abdul Hai | 31,045 | 33.1 |
  | | BNP | Atik Ullah | 11,927 | 12.7 |
  | | Independent | M. A. Mottalib | 4,709 | 5.0 |
  | | Jamaat-e-Islami | Syed Shah Alam Hossain | 4,707 | 5.0 |
  | | Independent | Azizur Rahman Chowdhury | 1,406 | 1.5 |
  | | Independent | Md. Tazul Islam | 537 | 0.6 |
  | | Zaker Party | Mufti Abu Naser | 480 | 0.5 |
  | | FP | Syed Ebadul Hasan | 395 | 0.4 |
  | | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Abu Taher | 283 | 0.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,215 | 7.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,749 | 47.4 |
  | | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold |
  