Tangail-7

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Tangail-7
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Tangail District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate322,673 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Tangail-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila. [2] [3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Shawkat Ali Khan Awami League [4]
1979 Khaju Mia BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Wajid Ali Khan Panni Jaitya Party [6] [7]
1991 Kh. Badar Uddin BNP
1996 Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui
2001 Md. Akabbar Hossain Awami League
2022 by-election Khan Ahmed Shuvo

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-7 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Akabbar Hossain 130,15458.4+10.5
BNP Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui 88,91639.9−6.9
KSJL Shafiur Rahman Sunny3,0341.4−2.0
Independent Dewan Nazrul Islam6790.3N/A
Majority 41,23818.5+17.4
Turnout 222,78386.4+5.9
AL hold
General Election 2001: Tangail-7 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Akabbar Hossain 89,93147.9+10.6
BNP Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui 87,85746.8+5.7
KSJL Sadek Ahmed Khan6,4573.4N/A
IJOF Md. Nurul Islam2,8251.5N/A
Bangladesh Progressive PartyMd. Motasim Billah6960.4N/A
Majority 2,0741.1−2.7
Turnout 187,76680.5+0.9
AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-7 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui 59,84841.1−12.0
AL Md. Akabbar Hossain 54,30337.3+2.4
JP(E) Md. Jahirul Islam Jahir27,94219.2+10.2
JI Md. Abdul Halim2,3831.6N/A
Communist KendraKh. Nurur Rhaman Salim3490.2N/A
Independent Kh. Badar Uddin 3230.2N/A
IOJ Syed Mojibor Rahman2710.2−0.6
Independent Md. Murshed Ali Khan Ponnee2050.1N/A
Majority 5,5453.8−14.3
Turnout 145,62479.6+21.1
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Tangail-7 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Kh. Badar Uddin 62,88253.1
AL Md. Fazlur Rahman Faruque 41,39234.9
JP(E) Shah Mostanjidul Haq10,6339.0
JSD Mohidur Rahman1,7731.5
IOJ Md. Mojibur Rahman9890.8
Independent Md. Nurul Islam4360.4
CPB Kh. Nurur Rahman Selim3970.3
Majority 21,49018.1
Turnout 118,50258.5
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ↑ "Tangail-7". 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. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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