Tangail-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan is the incumbent member of Parliament from this constituency.
| Tangail-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 364,991 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Boundaries
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2026 | Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan | BNP | |
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mohammad Abdur Razzaque | 98,413 | 50.2 | −0.9 | |
| Independent | Abdul Gafur Montu | 53,509 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| BNP | Fakir Mahbub Anam | 40,972 | 20.9 | −22.4 | |
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 2,206 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| IJOF | Fatema Khan | 805 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Jamilur Rahman Khan | 122 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Md. A. Gafur | 80 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 44,904 | 22.9 | +15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 196,107 | 74.8 | −1.8 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abul Hasan Chowdhury | 77,738 | 51.1 | +12.7 | |
| BNP | Abdus Salam Talukdar | 65,834 | 43.3 | +6.9 | |
| JP(E) | Abu Sayeed Khan | 4,286 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |
| Jamaat | Mujibur Rahman | 4,170 | 2.7 | −5.5 | |
| Majority | 11,904 | 7.8 | +5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 152,028 | 76.6 | +23.8 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abul Hasan Chowdhury | 37,454 | 38.4 | |||
| BNP | Asika Akbar | 35,507 | 36.4 | |||
| JSD (S) | Md. Abdus Samad | 14,810 | 15.2 | |||
| Jamaat | Mujibur Rahman | 7,989 | 8.2 | |||
| JP(E) | Abu Sayeed Khan | 868 | 0.9 | |||
| CPB | Shree Soroj Bondhu Dev | 812 | 0.8 | |||
| Majority | 1,947 | 2.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 97,440 | 52.8 | ||||
| AL gain from | ||||||