Tangail-5

Tangail-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	380,338 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Sanowar Hossain

Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League.

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

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul	Awami League [6]
	1979	Abdur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mir Majedur Rahman	Jatiya Party [8]
	1988	Mahmudul Hasan	Jatiya Party [9]
	1996	Abdul Mannan	Awami League
	2001	Mahmudul Hasan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abul Quasem	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	Aug 2012	Mahmudul Hasan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	Sanowar Hossain	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Tangail-5 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sanowar Hossain	67,959	53.1	N/A
	Independent	Murad Siddiqui	59,398	46.4	N/A
	JP(E)	Sadek Siddique	400	0.3	-55.9
	BNF	Ataur Rahman Khan	245	0.2	N/A
Majority			8,561	6.7	-21.7
Turnout			128,002	37.6	-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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abul Quasem	147,152	56.2	N/A
	BNP	Mahmudul Hasan	72,805	27.8	-4.4
	KSJL	Murad Siddiqui	40,456	15.4	-7.3
	IAB	Abu Yousuf	1,192	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mahfuz Reza	319	0.1	N/A
Majority			74,347	28.4	+24.0
Turnout			261,924	85.6	+9.0
	JP(E) gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Tangail-5 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mahmudul Hasan	96,544	32.2	+3.8
	AL	Abdul Mannan	83,458	27.8	-12.2
	KSJL	Murad Siddiqui	68,167	22.7	N/A
	IJOF	Abul Quasem	50,266	16.8	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abul Hossain	970	0.3	0.0
	Bangladesh Progressive Party	Chand Imran Mirza	191	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	A. K. Pathan Ayub	165	0.1	N/A
Majority			13,086	4.4	-6.6
Turnout			299,761	76.6	-1.2
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-5 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdul Mannan	95,903	40.0	+2.9
	JP(E)	Abul Quasem	69,430	28.9	-9.5
	BNP	Mahmudul Hasan	68,042	28.4	+12.8
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Shafiqur Rahman	3,997	1.7	-0.1
	Gano Forum	Abul Hossain	776	0.3	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Ibrahim	617	0.3	N/A
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Shahjahan Ali	344	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. K. M. Asrarul Haque	282	0.1	-0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Muslem Uddin	245	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Altab Hossain Miah	205	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Sadek Siddiqul	140	0.1	N/A
Majority			26,473	11.0	+9.6
Turnout			239,981	77.8	+19.9
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Tangail-5 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Mahmudul Hasan	74,144	38.4
	AL	Abdul Mannan	71,455	37.1
	BNP	B. Babul Chowdhury	30,168	15.6
	JSD (S)	Md. Motiur Rahman Khan	8,920	4.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Nousher Ali	3,530	1.8
	Independent	Wazed Ali Khan Ponni	1,470	0.8
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Md. Moslem Uddin	1,011	0.5
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Md. Hazrat Ali Shikdar	704	0.4
	FP	Md. Nazrul Islam Khan	463	0.2
	Zaker Party	A. K. M. Asrarul Haque	368	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Syed A. Al Wasek	318	0.2
	CPB	Joad Al Malum	300	0.2
Majority			2,689	1.4
Turnout			192,851	57.9
	JP(E) hold

References

1. "Tangail-5". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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. 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. "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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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