# Bagerhat-3
## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mongla and Rampal upazilas.

## History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Khulna constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna, and Satkhira.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | Aftab Uddin Howlader | Jatiya Party |
| 1991 | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | Awami League |
| Feb 1996 | AU Ahmed | BNP |
| Jun 1996 | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | Awami League |
| 2008 | Habibun Nahar | Awami League |
| 2014 | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | Awami League |
| 2018 by-election | Habibun Nahar | Awami League |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

To run for mayor of Khulna, Talukder Abdul Khaleque resigned from parliament on 10 April 2018. Habibun Nahar, his wife, was elected unopposed on 4 June, as she was the only candidate in the by-election scheduled for later that month.
Talukder Abdul Khaleque 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: Bagerhat-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Habibun Nahar | 97,015 | 58.2 | +7.3 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Mohammad Abdul Owadud Shaikh | 66,177 | 39.7 | N/A |
| | IAB | Md. Muzzammil Haque | 3,174 | 1.9 | N/A |
| | Gano Front | Md. Sekender Ali Moni | 274 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,838 | 18.5 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,640 | 89.3 | +8.8 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |
General Election 2001: Bagerhat-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 76,779 | 50.9 | +6.8 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui | 69,310 | 45.9 | +17.0 |
| | Jatiya Party (M) | M. A. Khaleq Hawlader | 3,052 | 2.0 | N/A |
| | IJOF | A. T. M. Hemayet Uddin | 1,803 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,469 | 4.9 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,944 | 80.5 | +3.7 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 52,445 | 44.1 | −2.4 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui | 34,321 | 28.9 | −3.6 |
| | BNP | A. U. Ahmed | 21,550 | 18.1 | +0.1 |
| | JP(E) | Khan Amzad Ali | 4,809 | 4.0 | +1.4 |
| | IOJ | Md. Mozammel Haque | 4,726 | 4.0 | N/A |
| | WPB | Mohiuddin Sheikh | 450 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Zaker Party | Md. Yunus Ali Mollik | 385 | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| | Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | S. M. Islam | 154 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | NDP | Daniel Biswash | 48 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,124 | 15.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,888 | 76.8 | +20.2 |
| | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold | AL hold |
General Election 1991: Bagerhat-3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 46,126 | 46.5 | |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui | 32,205 | 32.5 | |
| | BNP | A S M Mustafizur Rahman | 17,812 | 18.0 | |
| | JP(E) | Sheik Abdus Sabur | 2,593 | 2.6 | |
| | Zaker Party | Syed Akramul Haq | 487 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,921 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,223 | 56.6 | |
| | AL gain from JP(E) | AL gain from JP(E) | AL gain from JP(E) | AL gain from JP(E) | AL gain from JP(E) |