Tangail-1

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Tangail-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Tangail District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate364,991 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6th August 2024 this constituency is vacant.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Abdus Sattar JaSaD [4]
1979 Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury BNP [5] [6]
1981 by-election Syeda Ashiqua Akbar
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Nizamul Islam Awami League [7]
1988 Khandaker Anwarul Haque Independent [8]
1991 Abul Hasan Chowdhury Awami League
Feb 1996 Abdus Salam Talukder BNP
Jun 1996 Abul Hasan Chowdhury Awami League
2001 Mohammad Abdur Razzaque

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdur Razzak was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-1 [2] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Mohammad Abdur Razzaque 171,02265.7+15.5
BNP Fakir Mahbub Anam88,46134.0+13.1
KSJL Habibur Rahman Talukder8080.3−0.8
Majority 82,56131.7+8.8
Turnout 260,29190.0+15.2
AL hold
General Election 2001: Tangail-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Mohammad Abdur Razzaque 98,41350.2−0.9
Independent Abdul Gafur Montu53,50927.3N/A
BNP Fakir Mahbub Anam40,97220.9−22.4
KSJL Abdul Kader Siddique 2,2061.1N/A
IJOF Fatema Khan8050.4N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Jamilur Rahman Khan1220.1N/A
Independent Md. A. Gafur800.0N/A
Majority 44,90422.9+15.1
Turnout 196,10774.8−1.8
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abul Hasan Chowdhury 77,73851.1+12.7
BNP Abdus Salam Talukdar65,83443.3+6.9
JP(E) Abu Sayeed Khan4,2862.8+1.9
JI Mujibur Rahman4,1702.7−5.5
Majority 11,9047.8+5.8
Turnout 152,02876.6+23.8
AL hold
General Election 1991: Tangail-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abul Hasan Chowdhury 37,45438.4
BNP Asika Akbar35,50736.4
JSD (S) Md. Abdus Samad14,81015.2
JI Mujibur Rahman7,9898.2
JP(E) Abu Sayeed Khan8680.9
CPB Shree Soroj Bondhu Dev8120.8
Majority 1,9472.0
Turnout 97,44052.8
AL gain from

References

  1. "Tangail-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "Ex-MP Ashika Akbar passes away". The Daily Star. 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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