Tangail-5

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Tangail-5
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Tangail District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate380,338 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. [2] [3]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. [4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. [5]

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul Awami League [6]
1979 Abdur Rahman BNP [7]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Mir Majedur Rahman Jatiya Party [8] [9]
1988 Mahmudul Hasan
Feb 1996 BNP
Jun 1996 Abdul Mannan Awami League
2001 Mahmudul Hasan BNP
2008 Abul Quasem Jatiya Party
2012 Mahmudul Hasan BNP
2014 Sanowar Hossain Awami League
2024 Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Tangail-5 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Sanowar Hossain 67,95953.1N/A
Independent Murad Siddiqui59,39846.4N/A
JP(E) Sadek Siddique4000.3−55.9
BNF Ataur Rahman Khan2450.2N/A
Majority 8,5616.7−21.7
Turnout 128,00237.6−48.0
AL gain from BNP

In December 2009, the High Court declared that Quasem's 2008 candidacy had been illegal and vacated the seat. The Election Commission declared Mahmudul Hasan, the runner up, elected. After the appeals process concluded, Hasan took office in August 2012. [11] [12]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-5 [2] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) Abul Quasem 147,15256.2N/A
BNP Mahmudul Hasan 72,80527.8−4.4
KSJL Murad Siddiqui40,45615.4−7.3
IAB Abu Yousuf1,1920.5N/A
Zaker PartyMahfuz Reza3190.1N/A
Majority 74,34728.4+24.0
Turnout 261,92485.6+9.0
JP(E) gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Tangail-5 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Mahmudul Hasan 96,54432.2+3.8
AL Abdul Mannan 83,45827.8−12.2
KSJL Murad Siddiqui68,16722.7N/A
IJOF Abul Quasem 50,26616.8N/A
Gano Forum Abul Hossain9700.30.0
Bangladesh Progressive PartyChand Imran Mirza1910.1N/A
Jatiya Party (M) A. K. Pathan Ayub1650.1N/A
Majority 13,0864.4−6.6
Turnout 299,76176.6−1.2
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-5 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdul Mannan 95,90340.0+2.9
JP(E) Abul Quasem 69,43028.9−9.5
BNP Mahmudul Hasan 68,04228.4+12.8
JI Md. Shafiqur Rahman3,9971.7−0.1
Gano Forum Abul Hossain7760.3N/A
IOJ Md. Ibrahim6170.3N/A
Democratic Republican PartyMd. Shahjahan Ali3440.1N/A
Zaker PartyA. K. M. Asrarul Haque2820.1−0.1
NAP (Bhashani)Md. Muslem Uddin2450.1N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Altab Hossain Miah2050.1N/A
Independent Sadek Siddiqul1400.1N/A
Majority 26,47311.0+9.6
Turnout 239,98177.8+19.9
AL gain from JP(E)
General Election 1991: Tangail-5 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) Mahmudul Hasan 74,14438.4
AL Abdul Mannan 71,45537.1
BNP B. Babul Chowdhury30,16815.6
JSD (S) Md. Motiur Rahman Khan8,9204.6
JI Md. Nousher Ali3,5301.8
Independent Wazed Ali Khan Ponni1,4700.8
NAP (Muzaffar)Md. Moslem Uddin1,0110.5
Jatiya Oikkya FrontMd. Hazrat Ali Shikdar7040.4
FP Md. Nazrul Islam Khan4630.2
Zaker PartyA. K. M. Asrarul Haque3680.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)Md. Syed A. Al Wasek3180.2
CPB Joad Al Malum3000.2
Majority 2,6891.4
Turnout 192,85157.9
JP(E) hold

References

  1. "Tangail-5". 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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. "Tangail-5". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Mahmudul new MP of Tangail-5". The Daily Star. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. "Mahmudul Hasan takes oath as MP". bdnews24.com. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. 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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