Tangail-6

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Tangail-6
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Tangail District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate390,446 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Delduar and Nagarpur upazilas. [2] [3]

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. [4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Abdul Mannan Awami League [6]
1979 Noor Muhammad Khan BNP [7]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Noor Muhammad Khan Jatiya Party [8] [9]
1991 Khandaker Abu Taher BNP
1996 Gautam Chakroborty
2008 Khondokar Abdul Baten Independent
2014 Awami League [1]
2018 Ahasanul Islam Titu

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Tangail-6 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Khondokar Abdul Baten 66,29281.9+50.2
Independent Kazi ATM Anisur Rahman Bulbul14,62118.1N/A
Majority51,67163.9+46.6
Turnout 80,91323.3+6.0
AL gain from Independent

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-6 [2] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Khondokar Abdul Baten 134,29749.0N/A
AL Ahasanul Islam Titu 86,79931.7−9.5
BNP Gautam Chakroborty 45,59816.7−26.0
IAB Md. Akhinur Mia3,8221.4N/A
KSJL Anwarul Islam Roton1,7310.6−0.5
BDB Monjur Rashed8700.3N/A
Gano Forum Mohammad Motasim Billah7140.3N/A
Majority47,49817.3+15.8
Turnout 273,83187.4+16.4
Independent gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Tangail-6 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Gautam Chakroborty 55,17342.7+5.0
AL Khondokar Abdul Baten 53,29541.2+5.6
Independent Golam Mohammad Khan16,46212.7N/A
IJOF Md. Emdad Hossain2,4181.9N/A
KSJL Arif Khan Yusuf Zye1,3991.1N/A
CPB Md. Abdur Rouf3090.2N/A
Independent Md. Masudur Rahman1540.1N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)Md. Golam Mostafa660.10.0
Jatiya Party (M) Md. A. B. M. Borhan Uddin540.0N/A
Majority1,8781.5−0.6
Turnout 129,33071.0+1.0
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-6 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Gautam Chakroborty 34,27937.7−1.1
AL Khondokar Abdul Baten 32,32935.6+14.4
JP(E) Noor Muhammad Khan 22,13824.4+23.6
Jamaat-e-Islami A. K. M. Abdul Hamid1,6761.8N/A
Zaker PartyAminur Rahman1950.2−2.1
Independent Md. Saiful Alam Khan1700.2N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)Md. Golam Mostofa1400.1N/A
Majority1,9502.1−15.5
Turnout 90,92770.0+19.7
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Tangail-6 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Khandaker Abu Taher 32,84538.8
AL Abdul Mannan 17,93621.2
Independent Kh. Enamul Kabir Shahid14,07916.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Khondokar Abdul Baten 11,69413.8
Independent Md. Faizul Wara2,2342.6
Zaker PartyAminur Rahman1,9512.3
Jatiya Oikkya FrontAli Akbar1,8092.1
CPB Md. Daudul Islam1,2271.5
JP(E) Md. Wadur Rahman Khan7030.8
Independent Mir A. Shahjahan1040.1
Majority14,90917.6
Turnout 84,58250.3
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

  1. 1 2 "Tangail-6". 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-6". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. 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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