Tangail-4
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Tangail-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
| Tangail-4 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 311,088 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Kalihati Upazila.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | Awami League[4] | |
| 1979 | Shajahan Siraj | JaSaD[5] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Laila Siddiqui | Independent[6] | |
| 1988 | Shajahan Siraj | JaSaD (Siraj)[7] | |
| Feb 1996 | BNP | ||
| Jun 1996 | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | Awami League | |
| 2001 | Shajahan Siraj | BNP | |
| 2008 | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | Awami League | |
| 2017 by-election | Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari | ||
| 2024 | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | Independent | |
| 2026 | Lutfor Rahman Khan Matin | BNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
In late 2014, Abdul Latif Siddiqui was expelled from the Awami League for criticizing the practice of hajj, which he described as a drain on the economy.[8][9] He resigned from parliament on 1 September 2015. The resulting by-election was delayed by legal wrangling over whether his brother, Abdul Kader Siddique, could be a candidate. The by-election eventually took place in January 2017, and was won by Awami League candidate Hasan Imam Khan.[10]
Abdul Latif Siddiqui was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Shajahan Siraj | 89,916 | 47.5 | +6.3 | ||
| AL | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | 84,775 | 44.7 | −4.2 | ||
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 13,747 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
| IJOF | Asaduzzaman Babul | 882 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Sadeq Siddiqi | 132 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 5,141 | 2.7 | −5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 189,452 | 78.1 | −7.7 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | 75,581 | 48.9 | +10.7 | ||
| BNP | Shajahan Siraj | 63,720 | 41.2 | +36.2 | ||
| JP(E) | Abul Kashem Ahmed | 12,808 | 8.3 | −6.8 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Amzad Hossain | 2,394 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 11,861 | 7.7 | +7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 154,503 | 85.8 | +21.6 | |||
| AL gain from JSD (S) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSD (S) | Shajahan Siraj | 51,429 | 38.6 | ||
| AL | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | 50,967 | 38.2 | ||
| JP(E) | Md. A. Hamid Pramanik | 20,136 | 15.1 | ||
| BNP | Md. Nurul Alam Tang | 6,645 | 5.0 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. A. Aziz | 1,237 | 0.9 | ||
| Janata Mukti Party | Md. Waresul Hasan Siddiqui | 922 | 0.7 | ||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Alim Uddin Tang | 795 | 0.6 | ||
| WPB | Hazera Sultana | 605 | 0.5 | ||
| FP | Md. Joaher Ali | 439 | 0.3 | ||
| Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti Dal | Md. Tofazzel Hossain | 180 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 462 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 133,355 | 64.2 | |||
| JSD (S) hold | |||||
