# Noakhali-3

Noakhali-3 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has remained vacant.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Begumganj Upazila.

## 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.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1973 | A B M Taleb Ali | Awami League |
| 1986 | Mahmudur Rahman Belayet | Jatiya Party |
| 1988 | Mahbubur Rahman | Jatiya Party |
| 1991 | Salah Uddin Kamran | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| 1996 | Mahbubur Rahman | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| 2008 | Barkat Ullah Bulu | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| 2014 | Mamunur Rashid Kiron | Awami League |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

Mamunur Rashid Kiron was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Noakhali-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Barkat Ullah Bulu | 98,537 | 43.6 | −14.9 |
| | Independent | Mamunur Rashid Kiron | 74,246 | 32.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Minhaz Ahmed | 46,637 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | AL | Mosammat Lutfunnahar Begum | 4,098 | 1.8 | −30.7 |
| | IAB | Najir Ahmad | 2,688 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,291 | 10.7 | −15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 226,206 | 79.6 | +12.9 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |
General Election 2001: Noakhali-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Mahbubur Rahman | 50,378 | 58.5 | +13.1 |
| | AL | Mahmudur Rahman Belayet | 27,978 | 32.5 | +3.3 |
| | IJOF | Abu Sufian | 6,037 | 7.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Salah Uddin Kamran | 883 | 1.0 | N/A |
| | JSD | Nurul Amin Bhuyan | 478 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque | 241 | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| | Jatiya Party (M) | A. Wahab | 145 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,400 | 26.0 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,140 | 66.7 | +4.0 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Mahbubur Rahman | 25,570 | 45.4 | +23.2 |
| | AL | Mahmudur Rahman Belayet | 16,458 | 29.2 | N/A |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Ullah | 6,038 | 10.7 | −2.6 |
| | JP(E) | Abu Sufian | 5,895 | 10.5 | +2.2 |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan | 1,539 | 2.7 | −7.3 |
| | BKA | Md. Mir Omar Faruk | 335 | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque | 255 | 0.5 | −17.0 |
| | Gano Forum | Md. Bazlur Rashid Chowdhury | 165 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Zaker Party | Mohammad Ali | 66 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,112 | 16.2 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,321 | 62.7 | +24.7 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |
General Election 1991: Noakhali-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Salah Uddin Kamran | 11,378 | 22.2 |
| | CPB | Nurul Islam | 10,082 | 19.7 |
| | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | A. F. M. Mahbubul Haque | 8,948 | 17.5 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Shamsuddin | 6,803 | 13.3 |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan | 5,097 | 10.0 |
| | JP(E) | Abu Sufian | 4,274 | 8.3 |
| | Independent | Fakhrul Islam | 3,489 | 6.8 |
| | BKA | Delwar Hossain | 529 | 1.0 |
| | NAP (Bhashani) | Harun Rashid | 194 | 0.4 |
| | Jatia Mukti Dal | Nur Mohammad Khan | 143 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Mahmudur Rahman Belayet | 100 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | A. K. M. Aamin Ullah | 43 | 0.1 |
| | NDP | Md. Jahurul Haq | 39 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | T. I. M. Nurunnabi | 38 | 0.1 |
| | FP | A. B. M. Anwar Hossain | 32 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,296 | 2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,189 | 38.0 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold | BNP hold |