Tangail-1
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| 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 |
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.
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 | |
